State v. . Atwood

Glare:, C. J.

Tbe prisoner was indicted for murder of Ed liege and was convicted of murder in the second degree. The deceased was killed by a pistol shot which severed the femoral artery. He and the prisoner had been drinking together heavily the evening before, but separated about 1 o’clock at night. A witness for the State testified that he heard the pistol shot from the direction of the prisoner’s house about half-past 1 at night, and about 6 :30 a. m. he found the body of the deceased lying about one lot distant from the front of the defendant’s lot. The prisoner came up, and when asked if…