Killins v. State

Taylor, J.:

On the 29th of October, A. D. 1890, Daniel Killins, alias Daniel Williams, was indicted in tlie Circuit Court of Orange county, Seventh Judicial Circuit, for the murder on the first of February, A. D. 1888, of one Margaret Welton; the weapon used being a pistol. On the 16th of April, 1891, tlie defendant was put on trial, and was convicted of murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment. Motion for a new trial was made upon the folio wing grounds: “1st. Because the verdict was contrary to the evidence; 2nd. Because tlie verdict was contrary to tlie law; 3rd. Because the…