Couch v. Commonwealth

OPINION op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Martha Couch appeals from a judgment and sentence of two years in the penitentiary upon a charge, of murdering her stepdaughter, Susie Couch. The conviction rests upon circumstantial evidence in opposition to the defendant’s express denial. Reversal is sought only upon the grounds that the appellant was entitled to a peremptory instruction and that the verdict is contrary to the evidence. So a full statement of the record is proper:

The appellant at the time was about twenty-seven years of age and the deceased stepdaughter about twenty-six…