State v. . Hoover

His Honor charged the jury "that they must be satisfied, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the prisoner killed the deceased; that he intended to kill her, and that he had no legal provocation at the time (502) of killing her, before they would be justified in finding him guilty of murder; that if they doubted on any of those points they ought not to find him guilty of murder." He charged the jury further, "that if the deceased attempted to burn the barn, still house, or kitchen of the defendant, or if she put poison in a pot to poison the family, or stole turnips, or disobeyed the orders of her…