State v. Lepine

Upon an information duly filed by the state’s attorney of Lake county, charging the defendant with the commission of the crime of murder, she was'tried and found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the term of four years. The case is now before us upon a writ of error to the circuit court of Lake county.

It is disclosed by the record that the plaintiff in error, whom we shall hereafter designate the defendant, .and the deceased, were husband and wife, and at the time of the homicide were engaged in the businiess of keeping a…