Show MRS PEETE IS FOUND GUILTY life imprisonment Is penalty fixed for slayer of denton los angeles mrs louise L peete was found guilty by a jury on feb ruari 5 of murder in the first degree tor the slaying of jacob charles denton the jury fixed alie penalty at life imprisonment in the trial of mrs piete for the alleged murder of denton which was begun here january 19 the prosecution sought to establish that denton was last seen alive june 2 last and an bounced the theory that he was killed by mrs peete on that date A body found 23 in the basement of the denton residence was declared to have been that of alie missing man it was shown that airs peete was renting the house at that time dep ton retaining an apartment there other testimony was that after june 2 mrs peete pawned a diamond ring w belonged to denton and disposed of wearing apparel and other of his possessions while several witnesses assorted she had made statements about als dl appearance mrs peete declared denton was alive after june 2 but she did not know where he had eone she as she biad his permission to d i pose of the articles amed her coun sel maintained that none of the prose callons cul lons assertions in connection with alie case had been established belond a reasonable doubt mrs peete camo to los angeles from denver a month after the finding of the bodi announcing she would assist the police in investigating the case aie indictment and arrest followed |