State v. McMurry

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Doster, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the crime of arson. Insanity, among other defenses, was relied on for an acquittal. The information charged the commission of the offense' on the 11th day of November, 1897. The defendant offered in his behalf the record of an inquisition of lunacy by which it appeared that he had been, by the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the probate court, on the 21st day of April, 1890, found to be a person of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs. It further appeared by…