State v. Close

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Walker, Chancellor.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Union Oyer and Terminer of murder in the first degree without recommendation, and sentenced to death. He brings error into this court and removes here the entire record of proceedings had upon the trial of the cause, together with the bill of exceptions signed and sealed.

The brief on behalf of the defendant in error starts with the assertion that “the facts in the case are set forth in the brief filed on behalf of the plaintiff in error in this cause under the headings of Pacts and…