People v. Lilly

This case comes up on exceptions before judgment. The defendant was charged with the murder of Charles Kreiger in November, 1876, and on the trial, which occurred in March, 1877, he insisted that his act was justifiable self-defense. The jury after a protracted trial returned a verdict against him for manslaughter. The Attorney General virtually admits that the conviction cannot be sustained, and he declines to take the contrary position before the court. The record bears him out. A large number of exceptions were taken some of which were valid and others not.

The present attitude of the case…