Garrett v. State

Shepherd, District Judge.

This is a homicide case, brought here on petition in error from Box Butte county. Plaintiff in error was charged with shooting and killing William Kinsley, maliciously and with premeditation. The case was tried in February of 1928 and resulted in a verdict of murder in the first degree, duly rendered on the 16th day of that month and year. Sentence was to imprisonment for life and was pronounced on the 21st day of the same month.

The said William Kinsley had been riddled with shot and instantly killed as he passed before a window in his farm house about sixteen miles…