Powers v. State

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Powers was jointly indicted with Earl Manchester for the murder of James W. Parks, Manchester being charged as principal in the first degree, and Mrs. Powers being charged as accessory before the fact. Under this indictment she was convicted without a recommendation to mercy, and was sentenced to be electrocuted. She filed a motion for new trial, which the judge overruled, and to that judgment she excepted and brought her case to this court. This court reversed *203the judgment, and granted her a new trial. Powers v. State, 172 Ga. 1 (157 S. E. 195).

When the case went back to…