Roberts v. State

Sedgwick, J.,

Defendant was convicted in tbe district court for Lincoln county of murder in tbe first degree. Tbe jury fixed tbe penalty at death, and he prosecuted error to this court. He is charged with having killed Vernon Connett on August 2, 1914. Connett was a young farmer whose home was at Bird City, Kansas. Mrs, Connett had not been in robust health, and her physician advised that she live in the open air. Accordingly the Connett family left their home in Kansas and drove across the country, living in a covered wagon, and intending to visit some relatives in this state. They arrived at…