Digby v. People

This was an indictment for murder. It was claimed on behalf of the People that in the night of October 18, 1878, Henry T. Digby, the plaintiff in error, attempted to rob one John Sinclair, who was sleeping in a room at the house of John Digby, and- that while engaged in the effort to commit the robbery, plaintiff in error shot and mortally wounded Sinclair, who, in a few days thereafter, from the effects of the wound received, died. At the September term, 1879, of the circuit court of Hamilton county, the plaintiff in error was tried, and found guilty, and his term of imprisonment was fixed,…