Ford v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Noxubee county. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. The appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife. The defense relied on in the court below was his insanity at the time of the homicide, and, to support the same, evidence was introduced tending to show partial and intermittent insanity. The state introduced much testimony in rebuttal.
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From the circuit court of Noxubee county. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. The appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife. The defense relied on in the court below was his insanity at the time of the homicide, and, to support the same, evidence was introduced tending to show partial and intermittent insanity. The state introduced much testimony in rebuttal. The seventh instruction for defendant, as asked, was in the following words: “7. It is the duty of the state to show that, at the.time the offense was committed, the defendant was sane, and if, from the whole testimony in the case, the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
It is not denied that appellant killed his wife, nor that, if sane when he killed her, it was a most atrocious murder. We intimate no opinion as to the weight of the testimony offered to show the insanity of appellant at the time of the killing, but, such testimony being in, the sole inquiry is as to the correctness of the instructions on the law applicable to insanity as a defense. In the main, the learned judge below announced the law correctly, and the modifications of appellant’s instructions, except as herein indicated, were correct.
The seventh instruction should have been given as asked…
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