People v. Allen

TMs is a motion made by the defendant John Le Boy Allen now imprisoned in one of the penal institutions of tMs State under a plea of guilty to the charge of burglary in the third degree, to set aside his conviction and for a new trial.

The motion is made upon affidavits, which, if believed, would indicate that the defendant did not commit the crime with which he was charged, but rather the crime was committed by his wife and that he pied guilty to said charge in order to protect Ms wife.

Without passing upon the merits of the affidavit, the court knows of no method by which a conviction can be…