People v. Kelly

On Main Street in the center of the city of Kingston at nine o’clock of a bright, clear Monday morning, the defendant shot and killed one Elouise McHugh with a hunting rifle with which he then shot himself in the head. The acts were committed in the presence of a number of persons. The defendant, who testified in his own behalf, did not deny the killing. He testified that he had no recollection of what had happened from three o’clock Sunday afternoon until after he shot himself the following morning.

The sole defense was that defendant was insane at the time of the homicide and excused from…