Smith v. People

At the September term, 1891, of the circuit court of Hamilton county, plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twenty years. From that conviction he has sued out this writ, and under the assignments of error urges four grounds of reversal j First, the refusal of the trial court to give instructions asked by plaintiff in error; second, the giving of erroneous instructions at the request of the People; third, improper remarks to the jury by attorneys for the prosecution; and fourth, the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law…