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STATE v. SWENSON

No. 36248.

62 Wn.2d 259 (1963)

382 P.2d 614

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. THELMA ANN SWENSON, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 6, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Walthew, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll and Frank L. Sullivan, for respondent.

HALE, J.

Frederick Arthur Ferguson1 murdered Mary Campbell. He choked her, beat her in the head with an iron pipe, and then shot her through the head with malice aforethought. He said that Thelma Swenson put him up to it. Virginia Ferguson, Arthur's wife, said so too.

Evidence showed that Mary Campbell, mother of six children, was a fine woman, constantly engaged in good work for her church, and was respected and admired by the...

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