Fairley v. State

At the July, 1931, term of the circuit court of Covington county, the appellant, Guy Fairley, and his son-in-law, William Fairley, were jointly indicted for the murder of H. L. Everett. Upon proper motions a severance was granted, and thereupon an agreed verdict and judgment of guilty as charged with imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary was entered against William Fairley, and the appellant was placed upon trial and was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, and from this conviction and sentence this appeal was prosecuted.

Other than some testimony as to previous good character, the…