Davidson v. State

Gladys 0. Davidson, alias Frances Colbert, alias Mrs. Owen Thompson, the defendant, was jointly indicted with Ferd Streetman and Owen Thompson, for murder. The defendant was tried separately and, subsequently to the trial of her husband who was convicted of murder with a recommendation of mercy, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to from two to ten years in the penitentiary, and it is this judgment which is now under review.

The jury was authorized to find: that the defendant, Owen Thompson, and Ferd Streetman went to a roadhouse in Banks County, known as the “Street Car”…