Smith v. Commonwealth

Grace M. Smith and Ralph H. Garner were jointly indicted at the February term, 1945, for the murder of Frank C. Smith, who was the husband of Grace M. Smith. On motion of her counsel, there was a severance and she was tried first. Upon her plea of not guilty she was tried by a jury. At the conclusion of the trial, begun on October 15, and lasting into October 22, she was convicted of murder in the first degree and her punishment fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary. Upon this verdict she was sentenced, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

The eleven assignments of error…