State v. Kornstett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

John Kornstett was charged with and convicted of the murder of his cousin, Nora Kornstett, and the severest penalty of the law was adjudged against Mm. In substance, the information charged the appellant with having attempted to ravish his cousin, and that then, with deliberation and premeditation, he choked and beat her and struck her head against a tree with great violence, and that afterward he threw her body into a well about twenty feet deep, all with intent to kill and murder her, and that the wounds and injuries so purposely and…