State v. Ward

The prisoner being indicted for the crime of murder, was found guilty by the verdict of the jury, and was sentenced to capital punishment by the judgment of the court.

Before expressing any opinion upon the numerous bills of exception which are presented for our consideration, it is proper that notice should be taken of the extent of our jurisdiction in criminal matters. By constitutional provision, it is limited to questions of law ; and, in giving effect to this limitation of our appellate jurisdiction, we have on five different occasions held, that we could take cognizance only of unmixed…