People v. Beverly

The defendant killed his wife by repeated shooting, under circumstances which clearly indicated murder, unless the defense of irresponsibility can be maintained. He was convicted of murder in the second degree.

His counsel allege error upon the charge of the court, in that it did not sufficiently explain the offense of manslaughter, and it is claimed that it was so carelessly worded that it may have led the jury to infer that he could not properly be convicted of that offense. From our examination of the evidence (which is all incorporated *511in the bill of exceptions), we think that the…