Williams v. State

Smith, O'. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a death sentence for murder. The-evidence is not in dispute, and discloses a malicious homicide, unless the appellant is insane within the legal definition thereof.

The appellant did not testify, and offered only evidence of good reputation for peace and violence, and of his mental capacity. This evidence discloses that he was engaged in farming, attended to his business affairs in the usual and ordinary way, and some conduct which the witnesses seemed to think evidenced an unbalanced mind. He complains of the exclusion of…