State v. Ryno

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

On the night of July 5, 1902, while Maud Holmes was in her chamber preparing to retire, a gun was fired near the house, a charge of shot from which passed through a screen window near which she was standing, striking her head, neck, and breast, and inflicting serious wounds. She was a young unmarried woman who lived on a farm with the other members of the Holmes family, consisting of her father, mother, and sister, all of whom were in the house when the shooting occurred. No one was seen to fire the gun and who did it was, for some time…