Charlton v. State

Ben Charlton was indicted and tried for the murder of his wife, Mary Lee Charlton. With a knife he inflicted a wound upon her throat. He struck her one blow with the knife, and she died therefrom in a few minutes. The jury trying the case returned a verdict of guilty. Motion for a new trial was filed, which was afterwards amended; and the judge hearing the motion thus amended overruled it, and the movant excepted.

The evidence in the record is very brief. That introduced by the State shows that on the evening of the homicide the defendant came to his home, inquired for his wife, made some…