State v. Waddell.

1 Reported in 245 N.W. 140. Convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, defendant appeals from the judgment, his motion for a new trial having been first denied.

Defendant's alleged victim was one Floyd Williams, who came to his death by strychnine poisoning. Then a 12-year old ward of the state, defendant had taken him from the Minnesota State Public School at Owatonna, under contract with the board of control, August 27, 1925. Defendant agreed to receive him "into his family," to keep him until August 22, 1931, that is, until he arrived at the age of 18, "educating…