Who is John Wright in the story, A Jury of Her Peers?

John Wright is Minnie's husband, and his murder sets in motion the action of the story. Like Minnie, he does not appear in the story and, thus, cannot defend himself. He is described by both the men and the women as a selfish, cold, unsociable man who did not care much for his wife's needs and opinions Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters assume that he strangled Minnie's canary, which they find tucked away in Minnie's sewing basket. Since Mr. Wright has been strangled himself, the women hypothesize that Minnie murdered him in retaliation for what he did to her pet bird.