State v. Robbins

I. During the argument of the case to the jury, the judge went into a room adjoining the court room and remained a short time. This fact and the misconduct of one Marshall, the attorney appointed to defend the accused, are made the first grounds of complaint. As we find a new trial must be had upon other grounds, and neither of these matters is likely to again occur, we need give them no further mention.

II. One defense interposed was insanity. The defendant asked the court to instruct the jury, "in substance, that unless they were satisfied beyond a, reasonable doubt that defendant was sane…