Murphy v. State of Arizona

Upon an information for grand larceny and a previous conviction of burglary, the appellant was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, and he has appealed.

He is his own attorney, and although it does not appear that he is a lawyer, it does appear that he has had considerable experience in criminal law. His real name, he testified, is Lawrence Silverthorne, although he has gone under the name of Marion Silverthorne, also the alias George Kelly under which he pleaded guilty, on December 16, 1927, of the crime of burglary in the superior court of Coconino county, and in the…