The People v. Witte

By the verdict of a jury in the circuit court of Stephenson county, Vera Witte, the plaintiff in error, (herein called the defendant,) was found guilty of murdering her husband, William Witte, and sentenced to life imprisonment. After motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled the trial court sentenced her to the State Reformatory for Women at Dwight for the term of her natural life. A reversal of the action of the trial court is sought by this writ of error.

The homicide for which the defendant was convicted occurred near- the southwest corner of the court house square…