Marable v. State

Mrs. Marable was convicted of murder in the second degree for the slaying of her husband, William C. Mar-able, Sr., and for this crime the jury fixed her punishment at not more than 20 years in the State Penitentiary.

In working this case we read the record which consists of approximately 1000 pages, including arguments of counsel and the charge of the court, before reading the briefs and assignments of error and reply thereto. In our experience on the bench it has not been our pleasure to have found two better briefs in any case. For the plaintiff in error and the State both, the statements…