Goff v. Prime

Jane Goff sued out a writ of habeas corpus, returnable before the judge of the court below in vacation. The sheriff’s return shows that the appellant *197is held in custody by him, under the final judgment of the Tipton Circuit Court, rendered on the verdict of a jury, on an indictment charging her with murder in the first degree, and also with aiding and abetting one Joel JR,. Harvey in the commission of murder in the first degree. Harvey is joined in the indictment. Jane Goff was tried separately. The verdict is as follows: “We,thejury,findthe defendant guilty of aiding and abetting, as…