Setliff v. Commonwealth

Plaintiff in error, George Washington Setliff, was indicted in the Corporation Court of the city of Danville on *808the charge of making a malicious assault upon his wife, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable and kill.

That the accused assaulted his wife and inflicted a slight wound upon her with a pistol was admitted; the only defense offered being that the accused was insane at the time of the commission of the offense. He was convicted and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary, which judgment is now before this court for review.

The facts pertinent to the questions presented by the…