State v. Moore

ZINN, Justice.

The defendant (appellant here), M. E. Moore, was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. His defense was that at the time of the homicide he was suffering from insanity or a diseased mind. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

Evidence was introduced tending to show that Plarper, the deceased, had had illicit relations with the defendant’s wife; that defendant had found them together in his home. As a result of this the defendant and his wife had separated. Three days prior to the homicide…