The STATE v. Cannon

Taylor, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of murder and recommended to the mercy of the Court at the June, 1955, Term of the Court of General Sessions for Horry County and appeals, contending, among other things, that the trial Court erred in permitting improper argument to the jury on the part of counsel for the prosecution.

The evidence was principally circumstantial, and inasmuch as a new trial must be had, we will limit our discussion to that portion of the- record necessary to show wherein error was committed.

Appellant was charged with having set fire to his mother-in-law in her home,…