State v. Smith

The appellant was tried at the September 1950 term of General Sessions Court for Greenwood County and convicted of the charge of murder, with the jury recommending mercy.

Appellant on February 4, 1950, married Hazel Pauline Arnold, who died on April 3, 1950, in Hodges, South Caro*255lina. On the day prior to her death Dr. John Harrison, a practicing physician of Greenwood, South Carolina, was called to minister to Mrs. Smith; not being alarmed over her condition, he prescribed mild sedatives. The next day he was again requested by appellant to visit his wife and upon arrival at the home found her…