Hogan v. State

Sam Hogan was indicted and convicted for the murder of Isabella G-atewood. The evidence is circumstantial, and the defendant at the close of the state’s evidence moved the court for a directed verdict of not guilty, which motion was overruled, and the defendant rested his case upon the state’s evidence.

*408The deceased lived in tbe house with the defendant and his wife. The testimony shows that Dr. Allen, a physician, made an examination of the head of the deceased before a coroner’s jury on Monday following her death on Sunday. The doctor testified that there were three wounds on the back of the…