Williams v. State

Hawkins, Justice.

Clifton Williams was indicted in Richmond Superior Court' for the murder of his wife, Dorothy Mae Williams, on April 6, 1951. He was convicted without recommendation, and to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial he excepts. Held:

1. The first and second grounds of the amended motion for a new trial complain of the admission over objection of certain testimony of named witnesses relative to the forcible administration of creoline to his wife by the defendant on March 12, 1951, whereby she became ill and was carried tor the hospital; the admission of this testimony…