People v. Winney
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson; Parkinson, J. Harold Winney was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the State prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The defendant was charged with the murder of Caroline Sryrock, a woman upwards of 70 years of age, in her house in the township of Spring Arbor, Jackson county, on the 26th day of February, 1914, by shooting with a 32-caliber revolver. It was *349not disputed that Mrs. Sryrock was murdered and under circumstances that made the crime murder of the first degree, but defendant denied all connection with the murder.
Mrs. Sryrock lived alone in her home and was last seen alive on Thursday, February 26, 1914, between 5 and 6 o’clock p. m. It was claimed on behalf of the people that defendant did the act…
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