State v. Richardson and Gallie

HENWOOD, J. —

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Henry County by which the defendants were jointly charged with murder in the first degree. They were tried together, and the jury found them guilty of murder in the first degree and assessed their punishment “at death.” They were sentenced “to be hanged,” and appealed in due course.

The defendants offered no evidence and do not challenge the sufficiency of the State’s evidence, and we have concluded that the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded because of the error of the trial court in overruling their application for…