State v. Koontz

Maxwell, Judge:

The defendant, Connie Koontz, alias Connie Beller, under sentence of life imprisonment by the circuit court of Greenbrier County upon conviction of murder in the first degree of Lloyd Beller by poison, was awarded this review on writ of error.

After the death of W. A. Beller’s wife in the early part of 1927, the defendant came to his home as “housekeeper.” She had separated from her husband but was not divorced. She brought with her to the Beller home two children born to her and her husband. W. A. Beller had four children by his deceased wife. In September, 1928, a child was…