People v. . Hoch

The defendant was charged in the indictment with the crime of murder in the first degree for having with intention and deliberate design killed Minnie Ingersoll by shooting her with a rifle. Being arraigned, he interposed a plea of “not guilty, and insanity,” and, being tried upon the charge, the jury rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree. Upon this appeal from the judgment of conviction it is argued in behalf of the defendant that the evidence does not justify the verdict rendered, and that errors were committed upon the trial, which require a reversal of the judgment and the…