Howard v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the ’Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant, Pal Howard, and one Myrtle Carter (who was the divorced wife of the deceased, bnt still living with him) were jointly indicted and charged with willfully murdering Ike Carter, the homicide occurring about 7:30 p. m. on August 13, 1925. The first count of the indictment charged defendants therein with jointly committing the crime, and a second count charged a conspiracy between them to commit it, and in pursuance thereto it was committed by appellant and defendant Howard. Upon the latter’s separate trial he was convicted of voluntary…