Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff in error, Dorothy Skeoch, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of the crime of murder after a trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years. Her defense was that of insanity.
The evidence discloses that on August 18, 1949, at about 9:40 P.M., defendant came to a neighbor's...
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