State v. Lewis

"We have examined the record in this case, in connection with the opinion of the court of appeals, with the care due to a case upon the determination of which depends the continuance of a human life. It is the third time this case has been before us on an appeal by the defendant, in each instance from a judgment of the criminal court of St. Louis, condemning him to be hanged for haying murdered his wife on the 13th day of October, 1876. It is unnecessary to state the facts; they are sufficiently presented in the opinion of the St. Louis court of appeals and clearly establish the guilt of the…