State v. Carroll

Paul H. Carroll, herein called the accused or the defendant, was convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation and was sentenced to die, on account of killing one C.C. Barnard on October 27, 1935. The defendant pleaded not guilty. He contends that he was insane at the time of the homicide. He has appealed to this court. We shall attempt to give a somewhat connected story of the salient facts shown by the record, leaving some of the facts, however, to be stated and considered in connection with the discussion of the respective assignments of error.

The defendant was born in…