Lynchburg Virginian

We notice the introduction of a commendable feature in the Criminal Court, St. Louis, in the case of T. W. Baldwin, charged with the murder of his brother. It appears that in this case the common plea of insanity had been entered—a plea which so greatly influences verdicts in criminal cases, that it is now almost impossible to convict any one of murder who has ever been guilty of a single act of folly. In this case, however, the question of insanity was separated from the main charge, and after due investigation he was pronounced sane. The trial of a veritable sane man will thus follow, and the law probably secure its victim.