State v. Watkins

Statement op the Case.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nioholls, C. J.

Defendants were indicted, jointly, with one Philipps, for the murder of Joe Cooper. He was granted a severance, tried and acquitted. Matilda Cooper applied for a severance on the same grounds as those urged by Philipps, but her application was denied.

She and Watkins were, therupon, jointly tried, the trial resulting in a verdict of guilty without capital punishment. They appealed. In refusing the severance, the judge stated that from the evidence in the case of the State vs. Philipps, who was jointly indicted with…