Norwood v. . Marrow

In regard to the second, the petitioner called several witnesses who stated that for some time previous to its execution William A. Norwood had been greatly addicted to drinking, and was habitually intemperate, and that his mind was thereby impaired; and his family physician stated that some two or three months previous to the execution he had received a severe blow on the head, which had affected his mind; that since that time he had given himself up to drinking; that for some time before the deed was executed his mind, when he awoke in the morning, was much wanting in energy, and incapable…