Wilson v. State

Gould, Associate Justice.

Lewis Wilson was tried at the February term, 1874, of Robertson county District Court, on an indictment charging him with the murder of Ms wife Jane; was convicted of murder in the first degree, the punishment affixed being death. The evidence adduced will only be so far presented as is deemed necessary to show the grounds and extent of our decision.

In August or September, 1873, Jane Wilson disappeared from her home. There is some evidence that she said she was going to her “people,” and, so far as the evidence discloses, the fact of her disappearance did not at the…