Martin v. State

The defendant, Nichan Martin, was informed against for the murder of Arthur De Steunder. The trial jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed his punishment at death. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, and sentence of death having been pronounced upon him, the judgment has been brought to this court for review.

Although the defendant was tried and convicted and sentenced in the month of April, 1920, the case was not docketed in this court until March 4, 1921. *276On March 30, 1921, the Attorney General moved that the case be submitted to the court for decision on…