State v. . Montague

The defendant, Anna K. Montague, was indicted for the murder of Mary A. Cooper, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the State prison for a term of not less than twelve nor more than twenty years at hard labor. The record shows that the jury "recommends the defendant to the mercy of the court." The testimony discloses certain independent and unconnected circumstances upon which the State relied for conviction. The principle of law declared in S. v. Goodson, 107 N.C. 798, is pertinent to the facts disclosed in this case. Goodson was convicted of murder and…