Means v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Cbeal, Commissioner

Reversing.

Daisy Means, Myrtle Means, and Sallie Means were jointly indicted in the Clinton circuit court for the murder of an infant bastard child of Daisy Means. On a trial the jury returned a verdict finding Sallie Means not guilty, but finding Daisy Means and Myrtle Means guilty, and fixing their punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for life.

Sallie Means is the mother of Daisy and Myrtle Means. The Means family lived in a rural section of Clinton county, and a rumor that Daisy Means was enceinte, and had given birth to and concealed…