People v. Francis

The defendant was indicted for the murder of one Oliver, on the 26th of September, 1868. The indictment was found April 6, 1869, and was filed in the District Court May 6th of that year, and on the twelfth of the same month, the defendant was arraigned and pleaded ‘ ‘not guilty.” The trial commenced on the 28th of May, and the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree. The defense relied upon was the insanity of the accused, at the time he com*186mitted the act. When the cause was called for trial, the defendant moved for a continuance, on his own affidavit, as to the materiality of…