State v. McKinney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

The appellant was convicted in the district court of Butler county of the crime of murder in the first degree, in the homicide of one William H. Reeder, and from the conviction brings his appeal to this court. The case has been elaborately briefed and argued by counsel on both sides. A great many rulings of the district court have been pointed out, in which, as is claimed by appellant, are errors prejudicial to his substantial rights. We have examined the case with care, giving that consideration to every question which the importance of the…