People v. Clark

Mitchell, J.:

The prisoners in both these cases were tried at the Oyer and Terminer, and found guilty of murder. The judge who presided at the trial charged the jury as to the meaning of the statute defining murder. The prisoners, by them counsel, excepted to the charge, and a writ of error was brought to this court. This court pronounced the charge of the judge erroneous, and in May last ordered a new trial. In *309pursuance of a statute passed in the preceding March, a writ of error was brought to review our judgment, and the Court of Appeals has reversed otu’ judgment and affirmed that of the…