Singh v. State

From a conviction of murder in the first degree and a sentence of life imprisonment, Diwan Singh has appealed. All his assignments of error except one are based upon the court’s instructions. One is upon the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. He devotes several pages of his brief to pointing out errors contained in the instruction on alibi. Since not only is the correctness of the instruction as a whole but its appropriateness under the evidence involved, we will first state the main facts surrounding the corpus delicti.

The homicide occurred between 9:30 and 10 o’clock P.…