State v. Comstock

Riley, President:

In this criminal prosecution of State of West Virginia against Virginia Comstock, the defendant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Cabell County of involuntary manslaughter, in that, the indictment charges that she “unlawfully did kill and slay Pauline Cook, against the peace and dignity of the State”, and was sentenced to be confined in the Cabell County jail for a term of six months. Upon application for writ of error to the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Cabell County, addressed to the Circuit Court of Cabell County, the writ of…