Foster v. Territory of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Second Judicial District in and for the County of Graham. Fletcher M. Doan, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSloan, J.
The appellant was indicted and tried at the March, 1898, term of the district court in and for Graham County, for the crime of murder, and found guilty of murder in the second degree. From the order overruling his motion *242for a new trial, and from the judgment of conviction, this appeal is taken.
Three of the trial court’s instructions are objected to by the appellant as containing reversible error. The first of these reads as follows: “If, after a careful comparison and candid consideration of all the evidence in the case, you have a doubt of the defendant’s guilt, it will then be your duty to…
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