Thomson v. State

— It apears that Thomson shot ánd killed his wife and also shot himself in a room where only the two persons were. He recovered and was indicted for fatally shooting his wife “unlawfully, feloniously and from a premeditated design to effect” her death. A motion to quash the indictment was overruled. A motion for a continuance for the term was denied and exception noted.

Under a plea of not guilty the defense interposed was *402insanity at the time of the homicide. The defendant was convicted of mnrder in the first degree with a recommendation for mercy by seven of the jurors. A motion- for new…