Show MRS BOTKINS BOTKIN'S CASE jj 1 IN THE SUPREME COURT To Be Heard February Pio- Pio for New NewS Tri Trial Wi Will WillBe 1 Be Instituted 1 1 WASHINGTON Feb 12 Wl h the Supreme court of the Unite f 1 c v es i thi ht l lion lon wil be e fi fite for e. e I m sa 0 the case case of Mrs Cordelia B. B Botkin vs The he St State te of California and doubtless doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less the court acting in accordance 1 with unvarying precedent will grant the motion The plaintiff in this case was wa in 1895 tried tried for murder in San San- Francisco on the charge of murdering Mrs l J. J P. P Dunning by sending her a box of poisoned poi ol- ol candy She was found guilty and sentenced to life lICe Imprison Imprisonment nt The c case se comes to the United States Supreme court en on a writ pf error to the Supreme court of the Superior court of the city of of- ofSan San Francisco on on a Jia a. a be beas ils corpus proceeding in Mrs B t- t kins kin's behalf The appeal was attacked by the State of California on the ground that the Supreme court was out of ot Jurisdiction and a motion has been filed by that State to dismiss the case for this and other reasons The court is now in recess and will will- not reconvene until the At that time Representative Coombs of CalifornIa California California Cali Cali- fornia will appear for Mrs Botkins Botkin's counsel and consent by stipulation on her behalf that the case shall be dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis missed in order that proceedings for a anew anew anew new trial may be instituted in Cali Call fornia |