The People v. Sweetin

Plaintiff in error, Elsie Sweetin, was indicted, tried and convicted, jointly with Lawrence M. Hight, for the murder of her husband, Wilford Sweetin, and she was sentenced to be imprisoned in the State penitentiary for a term of thirty-five years. She has sued out a writ of error from this court.

Plaintiff in error, aged thirty-two, and her husband, a coal miner, aged forty-one, were residents of the village of Ina and attendants of the Methodist church, of which her co-defendant, Lawrence M’. Hight, was pastor. On July 17, 1924, the Sweetins made a trip to Benton, where, among other things,…