State v. Shreves

The indictment charges that the defendant killed one Louis Miars, and that the act was done under such circumstances as to constitute the crime of murder in the second degree. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The evidence shows without dispute that Miars came to his death by reason of wounds inflicted upon his person by the defendant, with a knife. The defendant was a witness in his >own behalf, and he testified that he inflicted the wounds which caused the death of Miars. But it was strenuously contended all through the trial, and counsel for defendant earnestly contend in their argument in…