Chavez v. Territory of Arizona

N. B. Chavez was indicted for murder, and under the indictment a verdict of murder in the first degree, fixing the penalty at death, was returned hy the jury. The prisoner was sentenced to suffer death, and appeals.

The brief of appellant, and the two assignments of error therein, relate exclusively to alleged errors of the trial court with respect to its rulings on the admission of evidence. There is no bill of exceptions, and the reporter’s transcript is not certified to by the trial judge.

However much we may dislike to refrain from passing upon the merits of an assignment of error, this…