State v. Smith

220 S.C. 224 (1951)

67 S.E.2d 82

STATE

v.

SMITH.

16547

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

September 27, 1951.

Messrs. Charles & Charles and A.R. McElhaney, of Greenwood, for Appellant.

Mr. Hugh Beasley, Solicitor, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

September 27, 1951.

STUKES, Justice.

Appellant, a Greenwood textile worker, has appealed from his conviction and life sentence for the poison murder of Hazel Arnold Smith, his bride of less than two months. He was previously married and very recently divorced, of which latter his first wife denied knowledge although she was separated from appellant and cooperated in…