Ewing v. State

Gilbert, Justice.

Paul Ewing was indicted jointly with G. J. Smith and Nettie Spruill for the crime of murdering Nicholas Neely. Ewing and Smith were tried together. After a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for mercy, Ewing filed a motion for new trial upon the general grounds and several special grounds. The court overruled the motion, and the defendant excepted.

One of the special grounds is that the court erred in admitting “certain testimony of Nettie Spruill, over the objection of counsel for the defendant,” after which are set out nine pages of her testimony interspersed with…