Mayson v. State

Having been convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced by the court, James Mayson has appealed. He was charged and convicted of having brutally assaulted and beaten his wife over a period lasting several days which caused her death. No question is raised 'as to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction; hence it will be unnecessary to set forth the testimony in detail.

His only assignments of error are: (1) that the witness Betty Lounsbury should not have been permitted to testify to certain statements made by the…