State v. Beckner

Fox, Judge:

The defendant, Willie Beckner, was indicted in the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County, charged with the murder of J. S. Page, locally known as Cy Page. On this charge he was tried, a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, without further finding, returned by the jury, and a sentence of death was pronounced. A motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial, interposed prior to the sentence, was overruled. Later, during the term at which the trial and conviction were had, the defendant appeared, by his counsel, and again moved that the judgment imposing sentence be…