People v. . Hoch

VANN, J. (dissenting).

Upon the trial of this action evidence was given tending to show that on the 10th day of July, 1895, at the town of Martinsburgh, county of Lewis, the defendant shot and killed one Minnie Ingersoll, under circumstances warranting the conclusion that he was guilty of- murder in the first degree. The main evidence for the defense related to the plea of insanity, which was interposed as a specification under the plea of not guilty, as authorized by section 336 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The record discloses that when the counsel for the people had finished summing…