Mundy v. Commonwealth

Bertha Mundy, the plaintiff in error here, was in March, 1925, in the circuit Court of Buckingham county, indicted for the wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing of Napoleon West, with malice aforethought.

Upon a plea of “not guilty,” a jury duly empaneled found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter and fixed her punishment at two years in the penitentiary. The trial court, after refusing to set aside the verdict upon motion of the accused, entered judgment upon the verdict and pronounced sentence accordingly.

Upon a writ of error and supersedeas duly granted, this judgment is before this…