People v. Gallow

Virginia Louise Gallow was convicted by a jury of manslaughter of one Dorothy Gibson. A motion for a new trial was denied. Defendant has appealed, her sole contention being that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict as it shows that the defendant acted only in self-defense.

The evidence shows that defendant and her two children lived about a block away from the place where decedent lived with her mother; that defendant missed her purse and was told by her young son Calvin that he had taken it but had given it to Virdell, the small brother of decedent. Knowing that the two boys…