In re Tyson

At the April term, 1889, of the district court of Arapahoe county, petitioner, Henry Tyson, was convicted of murder of the first degree, and sentenced accordingly. In compliance with the terms of that sentence, he was conveyed to the Colorado state penitentiary for execution, but before the week of execution had arrived he was granted a reprieve for sixty days by the governor, to the end that the condition of his mind might be inquired into.

In the month of October, 1889, he was brought before the court and a jury impaneled for the purpose of inquiring into his mental condition. At the first…