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Slayer Receives 1-5 Year TermArnold L. Elswick, 37, of Little Sandy was sentenced to one to five years in the state penitentiary Friday after an intermediate court jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Clarence Pauley, 27, last May 29.Elswick contended during the; trial that he fired the fatal shot- ; gun blast in self-defense when! Pauley attacked him with a Kamil mer because he had remonstrated ■ against Pauley's affair with his i .wife.■ ’Prosecutor Frank L, Taylor de-* I clared that the shooting was premeditated and asked for a verdict of first degree murder. Judge Cyrus W. Hall imposed the sentence » when the jury brought its verdict 1 after about three hours delibera-i tions.
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Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sat, Nov 22, 1947
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