Cothron v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Ukner, C. J., Worthihgtok and Peters; JJ.).
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, C. J.
• The appellant and her husband, Clarence Oothron, and William Eugene Landers, otherwise called “Gene” Landers, were jointly indicted for the murder of Homer Jones on the 11th day of June, 1919, in Montgomery County, Md. She elected to be tried by the court, and was, on the 25th day of May, 1920, convicted by a full bench of that circuit of murder in the first degree. The same day she was sentenced to the Maryland penitentiary for the term of her natural life, and from that judgment this appeal was taken. There are seventeen bills of exception in the record, presenting rulings of the court on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Avery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913
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