Jane v. State

Jane was indicted in the Callaway Circuit Court for the murder of her infant child; The indictment contained-three counts. She was convicted on the first and third counts, and acquitted on the second. To reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court, she now prosecutes her writ of error in this Court.

The first count charges that the prisoner “ on the 8th and 9th days of December, in the year”'&c., ££-at”'&c., ££-did knowingly, Wilfully, feloniously and of her malice aforethought, mix and mingle a certain deadly poison,” &c.,££ and afterwards on the days and year aforesaid,” &c-., “gave-to her…