Terrell v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wells Circuit Court; J. M. Smith, Special Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against John W. Terrell for murder. From a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
On the 12th day of September, 1903, a grand jury of the Wells Circuit Court returned an indictment against appellant,. John W. Terrell, charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree. He unsuccessfully moved to quash the indictment, and then entered a plea of not guilty, and also filed a special answer, wherein he averred that at the time the alleged offense was committed he was a person of unsound mind. The State’s reply to the special answer was a general denial. The case was tried by a jury, and a verdict returned convicting him of murder in the first degree, and assessing his…
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