Wilson v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The indictment and conviction were for murder under counts 1 and 4.

Demurrer to the indictment challenged the sufficiency of counts 2 and 3 in that the death was charged to have been caused by administering to him a quantity of poison.

The third, ground of demurrer pointed out that said counts do not set forth, with the certainty required by law, the means used by the defendant in killing the deceased. The 4th, 5th and 8th grounds of demurrer charge that it is not shown with the certainty required by law the name or kind of poison that defendant administered to the deceased. The…