Commonwealth v. Prophet

Opinion by

Me. Justice Kephart,

Clara Grace Prophet, some eleven years ago, was seduced by her employer who became the father of a daughter of hers born out of wedlock. This child was cared for by defendant’s mother, and, sometime after 1922 when she married Prophet, the deceased, was brought to live in the family. Marital difficulties soon arose, and multiplied as the years passed. Two children were born of the union, Warren 7%, and William 5 y2 years of age.

About the middle of September, 1930, after Mrs. Prophet and her husband had a quarrel, she then, for the first time, conceived the idea…