People v. Myers

The defendant in this case was indicted for the crime of murder, and was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree.

On the trial, the defendant’s counsel requested the Court to give the following instruction: “ Third. If the jury believe from the evidence that there exists a reasonable doubt as to the sanity of the defendant at the time of the commission of the act charged in the indictment, they must acquit the defendant.” The Court refused so to instruct, and gave the following explanation of the ground of such refusal: “ Defendant’s third instruction is refused, for the

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