Taylor v. State

— The appellant was informed against for murder, and convicted of manslaughter. She appeals from the judgment of conviction and assigns errors on the court’s refusal to direct a verdict at the close of the state’s case on her motion, and the giving of a certain instruction upon the right of self-defense. It is necessary to state the evidence, which is short and uninvolved.

One John Allen and the defendant had been living together for a short time in a house located at 438 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, prior to November 28, 1923, the date of the homicide. On the morning of that day, while…