Yoe v. People

The plaintiff in error, Harriet A. Yoe, was indicted in the Livingston Circuit Court, jointly with .one'John W. Youmans, for the murder of James Yoe, her husband. Youmans escaped arrest by flight, and the plaintiff in error, on her trial, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for eight years.

To reverse this judgment the record is brought to this court by writ of error, and various errors assigned.

The points made upon the record are that the witness, Has-kins, who acted as “ a detective,” should have been required to answer the question of the…