Bulger v. People

James C. Bulger, the plaintiff in error, shot and killed Lloyd F. Nicodemus in the latter’s hotel in the City and County of Denver on the 7th day of May, 1914, and was thereafter, in relation to the matter, charged with murder in the first degree, tried and convicted thereof, and, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, sentenced to death, and brings the cause here for review. The alleged insanity of the defendant was the sole defense interposed.

In order to dispose of the assignments of error it is necessary to briefly state the facts. J. C. Starkweather and the deceased were joint…