The People v. Jones

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court of Madison county of manslaughter under an indictment of one count charging murder. She brings the cause here complaining of errors in the admission of evidence and in instructions to the jury, and contending that her conviction of manslaughter was not justified by the record for the reason that there was no evidence which would reduce the crime, if any crime was committed, from murder to manslaughter.

The victim was James Jones, Sr., 51 years of age, plaintiff in error’s husband. She was 27 years of age. They had been married for something…