Arterburn v. State

Plaintiff-in-error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and carrying a pistol with the intent to go armed. He was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of not more than two years upon the verdict of voluntary manslaughter, and to eleven months and twenty-nine days in the workhouse and a fine of $50.00 for carrying a pistol, both sentences to be served concurrently.

Defendant was sixty-one years of age and was indicted for the murder of his son, Frederick Merle Arterburn, of the age of thirty-six years.

Defendant resided in Memphis but…