Supreme Court of South Carolina January 3, 1889 (State v. Alexander)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Chiee Justice Simpson.

The defendant was indicted and tried at the July term of the Court of General Sessions, 1888, for Pickens County, for the murder of his wife, Jane Alexander. He was convicted, and now appeals upon exceptions to his honor’s charge to the jury, alleging error both as to matters charged and in refusals to charge.