People v. Moe

Defendant Moe appeals from a conviction under a charge of murdering Carlisle Lord and from an order of the trial court denying his motion for a new trial.

[1] One of the points made by appellant is that the evidence in the cause was insufficient to justify the verdict against him.

Before we proceed to a discussion of that question, let us recite portions of the evidence which do not bear directly upon it but which are introductory to it. A Mr. Lassen and his wife, and Carlisle Lord, the father of Mrs. Lassen, lived together in a little house in the town of Walteria, which place is nearly…