State v. Buckley

Defendants were convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Alfred Ei. Lutman in Benton County. They were sentenced in accordance with the verdict to imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary and have appealed.

As the main question in the case is the sufficiency of the evidence to, sustain the verdict, a full understanding of the facts is necessary. Chambers Buckley is the father of his co-defendant, 'Earl Buckley. He and his family lived upon a farm adjoining' the farm of deceased. The deceased lived alone upon a farm of several hundred acres and engaged extensively in…