People v. Barthleman

Defendant was charged with the murder of one Mabel Barthleman, and was convicted of murder iiv the first degree, the jury assigning the death penalty. He appeals *10from the judgment and from an o^der denying him a new trial, and from an order denying his motion in arrest of judgment. .

There was no conflict of evidence, and there is no question whatever touching the facts of the homicide. The defendant and. the deceased were at one time husband and wife, and prior to the date of the homicide had been divorced.' Immediately before the commission of the homicide, appellant, who had come into the…