WADDILL, Commissioner.
Upon an indictment charging her with the murder of Andrew Taylor, the appellant, Mrs. Mary Gray, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 21 years in prison. We find that the judgment must be reversed because the court erred in refusing to grant her a continuance.
The tragedy occurred on the morning of October 23, 1952, at appellant's home on the Middle Fork of Stinking Creek in Knox County. According to the appellant...
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