People v. Emme

FRICKE, J., pro tem.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon, committed upon her husband, Frank Emme. The only plea entered by appellant was that of not guilty. One Fred R. Pierce was originally joined as a co-defendant, but at the conclusion of the case in chief of the state the court, on motion of the district attorney, dismissed the information as to Pierce, the evidence being insufficient to sustain a conviction against him.

It appears that appellant and Frank Emme were married in 1920 and about two years later took into their home a baby girl, whom they treated…