Payne v. People

Plaintiff in error is hereinafter referred to as defendant. She and two young men, Earl Hooper and Willie Jones, were charged with the murder of Clarence Irving Mott. These men are herein referred to as Hooper, Jones and Mott respectively. Defendant, Hooper and Jones were returned guilty in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. To review that judgment as to her only, defendant prosecutes this writ and asks that it be made a supersedeas. She also requests, because she is destitute, that the cause be finally disposed of on this application. In this the attorney general joins and…