State v. Howell

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

The appellant and his wife, Carrie S. Howell, were tried at the July, 1930, term of the Court of General Sessions for Sumter County on an indictment which charged them with the murder of E. Hart Williams. The woman was acquitted, the man was convicted and sentenced to electrocution. He appeals on numerous grounds of alleged error. But, as in our judgment, the case must go back for another trial on a cardinal question, it becomes immaterial to discuss any others. Indeed, it would be fairer to all parties that we should not discuss…