State v. Pulley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Monmouth county for the crime of murder, the felonious act being the killing of his wife by shooting her with a revolver. The trial of the defendant on the indictment resulted in a verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degtee; and the validity of the judgment entered upon'that verdict is now attacked for errors asserted to have been committed by the court below at the trial. With one exception, the alleged errors are to found in the charge to the jury. In order to…