Parsons v. State

Decided 1886-12-15

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SOMERVILLE, J. — In this case the defendants have been convicted of the murder of Bennett Parsons, by shooting him with a gun, one of the defendants being the wife and the other the daughter of the deceased. The defense set up in the trial was the plea of insanity, the evidence tending to show that the *581 daughter was an idiot, and the mother and wife a lunatic…

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