State v. Bowers

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The defendants were convicted of manslaughter in the Court of General Sessions, Greenville County, August term, 1921, upon an indictment charging them with the murder of Andy Wells, at Travelers’ Rest, S. C., May 7, 1921.

There was evidence adduced on behalf of both the State and of the defendants tending to establish the following facts. The defendant Walter Bowers, a married man, 44 years of age, the father of nine children, lives near the village of Travelers’ Rest. The defendant" Carl Bowers, 21 years of age, is his son.. On the…