State v. Campbell

To a fair understanding of the question involved herein, the following facts are gleaned from the record:

The defendant and one Annabel Gross had been keeping company, and, at the time in question, he called at the house where she was and asked her to go with him. She refused. He then said, in substance, that he would “end it all,” and reached for his revolver. She started to tussle with him, and the revolver was discharged, and she sat or fell on the bed. She was hit by two bullets from the revolver, and later died.

The only question raised in the case is as to the correctness of the following…