Bruner Powers v. State
Order:
Supreme Court Case Name:
Bruner Powers v. State
Case Date:
1937
Court Origin:
Circuit - Criminal
Cause/Crime:
Manslaughter, Voluntary
Database - TN Research:
County:
- McMinn
Division:
East
Number of Pages:
25
Notes / Description:
Statement of Case & Brief only. Plaintiff originally found guilty of causing the death of 19-year-old Verdie Seiber by striking her repeatedly during an argument so that she fell down a staircase & struck her head on the concrete. Seiber died of a fractured skull 14 Nov. 1936. Plaintiff & Seiber had been on friendly terms until the argument which was over his seeing another woman. Incident took place in roadhouse where Seiber also worked. Mentioned: Alf Daugherty, Seiber's stepfather.