Dickinson v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity.

The evidence for the state tended to show that at a country church, after night services, defendant stuck a knife blade into the heart of deceased, without justification, and caused immediate death. The motive appeared to be that on the way to the church deceased had driven by defendant, who was walking, and did not stop the wagon, which was already fully loaded, to take on him and his companions. There was evidence that defendant and his companions were…