State v. Erb

The defendant, William Henry Erb, was *200indicted in the St. Louis criminal court on the 2nd of July, 1879, for murder in the first degree for the homicide of his divorced wife, Rose Mion, alias Aglae Rosalie Erb, on the 19th day of June, 1879. He was arraigned at the same term and pleaded guilty, which the court refused to accept, and ordered the plea of “not guilty” to be entered. After several continuances, the cause came on for trial at the March term, 1880, and defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indictment. After an unsuccessful motion for a new trial,…