People v. Moore

Defendant, Patricia Gallagher Moore, appeals from a judgment of conviction of manslaughter and from an order denying her motion for a new trial. (Defendant was charged by information with the crime of murder; the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter.)

*519Defendant, Mrs. Moore, and the deceased, Dr. Telford I. Moore, were married in 1941. Bach had been previously married and each had a child by the former marriage. Mrs. Moore’s daughter, Antonia Thomas, was 15 years of age; Dr. Moore’s son, Thomas, was 16 years of age. Dr. and Mrs. Moore had a son, Timmy, aged 8. In 1946, after Dr. Moore’s term…