Thomas v. State

An indictment was returned against Robert Hopps and Bertha Thomás, charging the former with the crime of murder in the first degree and the latter with the crime of accessory before the fact. A severance was^ granted and Robert Hopps was first put upon trial, found guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to the mercy of the court and sentenced to confinement at hard labor in the State prison for the period.of his natural life. On the following day after the conclusion of the trial of Robert Hopps, Bertha Thomas was placed on trial, found guilty of being an “accessory before…