Hauser v. State

The plaintiff in error, Albert Hauser, was indicted in Hamilton county for murder in the first degree for killing his wife. Upon trial of the case he was convicted of murder in the first degree, with recommendation of mercy, on which verdict judgment of life imprisonment was imposed by the trial court, and, from this judgment, proceeding in error is prosecuted to this court.

The specifications of error are: The verdict was against the weight of the evidence; insufficient evidence; the giving of special charges requested by the state; error in the admission of certain evidence; and misconduct…