State v. Zorn

The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, in shooting and killing his wife, Caroline Zorn. A motion for a new trial was filed, but overruled by the court, and the defendant was sentenced to be hanged. There are several assignments of error in the notice of appeal, but those relied upon for a reversal of the judgment relate wholly to *592instructions excepted to as given by the court, and instructions asked by the defendant and refused by the court.

Before, however, proceeding to the consideration of these assignments of error, there is a…