Ayling, J.

1. Accused in this case has been convicted of the murder of an old woman named Pichi and sentenced to death.

2. The prosecution case is as follows; Deceased was a relation of accused and on her husbands death came to live in his house, bringing with her a sum of Rs. 200, which she lent him to pay off a mortgage. Subsequently disputes arose, and she wanted her money back, and moved into a small hut close to accused which she hired by herself. So far there is no dispute.

3. According to the defence accused managed to pay off the debt to deceased by selling his wifes jewels, According to the prosecution, he did not and the wrangling continued culminating in a serious quarrel on the night of December 29th, Even after bed time deceased continued to abuse accused from her hut, and at last the man infuriated beyond endurance, went out and throttled her. He then tied her body in a sack with some heavy stones, and at about day break carried it to a well about 150 yards away and threw it in. There the body was found four days later, and accused was arrested.

4. The above facts are practically all contained in two state-merits recorded by the Sub Magistrate from accuseds wife S