State v. Shafer

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the 14th day of November, 1897, in the District Court of Silver Bow county. On April 23, 1898, he was by the judgment of the court sentenced to be hanged. From the judgment, and order of the District Court refusing him a new trial, this appeal is prosecuted.

There is an immense record in the case, presenting the evidence and numerous assignments of error alleged to have been ■committed by the trial court in admitting and excluding testimony, and in the giving of instructions to the jury.

Several witnesses on the part of the defendant…