People v. Quimby

The respondent was convicted of murdering, on the 20th of Majr, 1901, Beatrice Bailey, nine years old, a daughter by her first husband. She was sentenced to imprisonment for life. The theory of the prosecution was that Beatrice came to her death from the effects of morphine poison administered by the respondent with criminal intent. It was the theory of the respondent’s counsel that the respondent was insane, and not responsible for her actions; that on the night in question Elmer Quimby, the husband of the respondent, was present when the poison was administered, and administered it, or at…