State v. Gavle

Losing, Chief Justice.

May 9, 1950, the grand jury of Freeborn county, Minnesota, returned an indictment against Mrs. Viola Gavie, charging her with murder in the first degree. She was tried, convicted, and on June 21,1950, sentenced to life imprisonment in the women’s reformatory. She moved to have the verdict set aside and for a new trial. This motion was denied, and she has appealed from the denial of her motion and from the judgment of conviction.

Defendant is the mother of four children and the wife of Truman Gavie, a farmer, who lives in Freeborn county. She was tried for the murder of a…