Sanders v. State

This is an extraordinary case. The facts proved, the procedure adopted and the relief sought are strange and unusual.

The facts stated and proved are these: In April, 1878, Josephine Sanders, the wife of the appellant, was slain by a pistol shot; at the time she was in a room alone with her husband, and he did not and could not give any account of her death-; he was then, and had been for many years, addicted to the use of alcoholic liquor and opium to such an extent *320that he had probably become insane; he was arrested shortly after the death of his wife; his case came on for trial; his counsel…