Key v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of his wife, Katie Key, the indictment alleging that he shot Katie Key on October 25, 1932, with a shotgun, with malice aforethought, and caused the wound from which she died. Upon his trial he was convicted without a recommendation, and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. He filed a motion for a new trial, which he subsequently amended,- adding numerous grounds. Upon the hearing of the motion a new trial was refused by the trial court, and he excepted.

Under the evidence adduced by the State, the jury were authorized to return the…