Williams v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court of murder in the second degree. Judgment in accordance with the verdict. §2415 Burns 1926, §2238 Burns 1914. Appellant’s motion for a new trial, the overruling of which is the only error assigned, questioned the action of the court in admitting in evidence the purported dying declarations of the deceased; the giving of instructions Nos. 5, 7, and 12 upon the court’s own motion, and the refusal to give instruction No. 7 tendered by appellant; insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict; and verdict contrary to law.

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