Ives v. People

Edward Ives, alias Eddie Ives, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged with the crime of murder of the first degree and upon trial was found guilty as charged, the jury fixing the penalty at death. Judgment was pronounced in accordance with the verdict. To review that judgment, this writ is prosecuted.

There are three assignments of error: (1) That the evidence was circumstantial, and therefore, under our statute, the death penalty could not he fixed; (2) that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; and (3) that the motion for a new trial, on the…