Howell v. Kincannon

W. H. Howell was convicted in the Crawford 'Circuit 'Court at its March term, 1929, of murder in the first degree, sentenced to be executed, and confined at the penitentiary walls awaiting the date of his execution which has been set for the 28th day of February, 1930. On February 4, 1930, the Honorable J. 0. Kin-cannon, judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit, in which Crawford County is situated, issued a writ directed to S. L. Todhunter, warden of the State penitentiary, commanding him to produce Howell in the Crawford C'ir-cuit 'Court on the 14th day of February, 1930', to the end that his…