Williams v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Vanderburgh Circuit Court; Louis O. Basch, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Minerva Williams. From a judgment of conviction, she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Appellant was indicted with Wesley and Jonah Williams and found guilty of aiding and abetting said Wesley in the murder of James Leigh. Each of the parties named had a separate trial, and was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. See Williams v. State (1908), ante, 642; Williams v. State (1908), ante, 630.
The action of the court in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial is the only assignment she has made in this court. She demanded a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence, that the verdict was…
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