Powers v. State

Mrs. Sarah' Powers was charged with being an accessory before the fact of murder. She was jointly indicted with Earl Manchester, who was charged, as principal in the first degree, with the murder of James Parks. The indictment alleged that Mrs. Powers, while absent at the time of the killing, did then and there counsel, command, and procure Earl Manchester to kill and murder James Parks on May 27, 1929. On the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty; without a recommendation. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and she excepted.

The defendant filed and urged a…