State v. . Absher

The defendant was tried upon a charge of murder at March Term, 1941, of Wilkes Superior Court, and was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the State Prison for not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. That portion of the evidence pertinent to this decision may be summarized as follows:

The defendant was living with his wife, who was a daughter of Zack Lankford, at the latter's home. The evidence tends to show that Lankford told him he might come there and stay until he got a job and that his wife, Maude, could wait on her mother and be a help to her. Absher promised…