Berrie v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Muskogee county of murder and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for life.

Defendant contends the evidence is insufficient to sustain the judgment;/ that neither the proof of death by poison or that defendant administered any poison to deceased is shown. The case rests on circumstantial evidence. Briefly stated, the facts are about as follows: Defendant was a minister of many years’ standing; he was charged with the murder of his wife by administering •poison. He was about 51 years of age, and had been…