State v. Nagle

The defendant, who has been convicted of the crime of murder, now petitions for a new trial on various grounds, amongst which are certain alleged erroneous rulings of the trial court in the admission of testimony.

The defendant’s husband, James Nagle, came to his death on the 14th day of November, 1901, at about five o’clock in the morning, from the effect of a pistol shot which was fired into his head while he was in bed, or on the bed, in his own house in East Providence.

Shortly after the fatal shot was fired the defendant called in some of her neighbors and told them that her husband had…