Clemens v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

Mrs. Anna Laura Clemons shot and killed her husband, Alvin Clemens, in their home in Livingston county-on the night of March 17,1927. For this she was indicted, and tried for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of 18 years.

The defendant was born in August, 1900, and was married to the deceased in March, 1917. Prior to that time he had seduced her and they had been living together as husband and wife for several months, and this relation continued after the marriage, a child, Junior, being born to…