Joy v. State

Joy was indicted, at the March term, 1859, of the Wabash Circuit Court, for the murder of his infant child; tried, and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the state prison for eighteen years. He appeals to this Court, and assigns twenty-one errors, which we will dispose of, although we will not notice them in the order in which they are pleaded.

It is urged, in various forms, that error occurred on the trial in the rulings of the Court in reference to evidence. Maria Joy was the wife of the defendant at the time- of the alleged commission of the crime, but had been, divorced from him…