State v. Deegan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Donges, J.

Plaintiff in error was convicted on February 5th, 1945, of murder in the first degree without a recommendation of life imprisonment. He was convicted upon trial on March 23d, 1944, on the same indictment, of murder in the first degree without recommendation of life imprisonment, which conviction was reversed by this court. State v. Deegan, 132 N. J. L. 261.

The facts briefly stated are that on January 14th, 1944, Mrs. Ethel Hermann, aged fort}', was attacked by plaintiff in error, Deegan, as she was on her way from her home in Dumont, Bergen…