Southers v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant, charged with the murder of George Neal, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Neal was his brother-in-law and had formerly lived in Bell county, but about two years before the homicide had removed to Pennsylvania. At the time of the killing he was on a visit to his relatives in Bell county.

So far as is disclosed in the record the brothers-in-' law had always been on good terms, and until Neal’s visit had not seen each other for about two years. The night before the homicide Neal had spent with other relatives only a…