Sewell v. People

The plaintiffs in error, Alonzo Sewell, Nannie Nelson and Maud Boone, together with one William Wooden, were jointly indicted by the grand jury at the September term, 1898, of the circuit court of Randolph county, for the murder of Arthur Gaston. They severally pleaded not guilty: Upon the trial Wooden was acquitted and the plaintiffs in error were convicted. The punishment of Sewell and Boone was fixed by the jury at confinement in the penitentiary for the period of fourteen years and that of Nelson for the period of twenty years, where, by the sentence of the court, they are now confined.

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