State v. Wilson

The respondent shot and killed his wife, Mabel Wilson, in the small house in Ferrisburg in which they resided, at about 9 :45 P. M. or a little later on July 29, 1943. He was indicted by a grand jury for murder in the second degree and upon trial was found guilty as charged. Judgment was rendered and sentence imposed and the respondent comes to this Court upon exceptions to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict seasonably made and the denial of his motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.

The respondent and the deceased were alone in the house at the time of the shooting…