State v. Musgrave

English, President :

David Musgrave was, on the 15th day of February, 1895, indicted for the murder of his wife, Emeline Musgrave, by a grand jury of Monongalia County, and on the 26th day of June, 1895, was found guilty of the charge contained in said indictment, and the jury further found that he be punished by confinment in the penitentiary. On the 27th day of June, 1895, the prisoner moved the court to set aside the verdict of the jury, and grant him a new trial, upon the following grounds: (1) Because the verdict ivas contrary to the law and the evidence in the case; (2) because the court…