State v. Bundy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MR. Justice McGowan.

The defendant, Edward Bundy, was indicted for the murder of Annie Heckman, at Spartanburg, on March 5, 1885. The facts do not appear in the brief, but we infer from the charge of the judge, which is reported in full, and from the exceptions, that no question was made as to the fact of killing, and that the only defence was that the defendant, Avhen he committed the act, was non compos mentis and not criminally responsible. It is stated that there was evidence that the defendant had some liquor on the evening of the homicide, which…