Commonwealth v. Bouvier

The defendant, Beatrice Bouvier, was indicted on February 17, 1943, for the murder of her husband, Rudolph N. Bouvier, on December 8, 1942. She was found guilty of manslaughter by the jury. The case comes before us on her appeal with assignments of error. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended.

The verdict of the jury makes it unnecessary, in view of the result we reach, to consider the defendant’s assignments of error numbered 54 and 55 based upon the refusal of the judge to direct a verdict of not guilty of murder in the first and second degree. The consideration of the defendant’s…