Howard v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Bolivar county of the crime of murder, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. From that judgment she prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant is a negro woman thirty-seven years old. She was convicted of the murder of Carrie McWilliams, also a negro woman. Carrie and her husband, John McWilliams operated a combined grocery store and restaurant facing highway No. 61 in Bolivar county; the business was owned by John, and he also owned a garage with an eight foot alley between the two buildings. Their home was to the rear of these…