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Show HOPE GIVEN UP j B IS, PEETE Woman Expected Jury Would Convict Her But Not for Murder I.OS ANC.ELES, Cal.. Feb. 7. Mre. LoulM I. Peeto, convicted Saturday of tha murder of Jacob Charles Penton. hari given up hope of acquittal four IdavK before, she told a representative 'night I Khe said she had concluded from watching tho Jurors, especially after the counsel declined to take the w1t- ' n us stand In her own defense, thst thev would not aeqult her "But," she added. "I did not think they would find me guilty of first degree de-gree murder and vote to semi me to ilhe penitentiary' for life. I had cx- 1 pected a lesser penalty.' I Her husband. R. C Peete. indicated that Mrs. Peete was ready to risk the possibility of a death sentence In the hope that a second trial would free her. Mr? Reel said she hoped soon to see her little daughter. Betty, four years bid. he has seen her only once, from a distance, since ihjl was placed in Jail last l ctober. |