United States v. Kie

(charging jury). The prisoner at the bar. Charles Kie, was indicted by the grand jury of this district, and thereby charged with the crime of murder, by purposely and of deliberate and premeditated malice, killing one Nancy, on the 1st day of September, T884, by inflicting mortal wounds with a knife, in and upon the body of the deceased, of which wounds it is alleged she instantly died. To the indictment found by the grand jury, the prisoner has pleaded not guilty, and you are, under your oaths and the instructions of the court as to the law, called upon to decide, from the evidence, by your…