Bourne v. State

The defendant was charged in usual form, in case of death by gunshot wounds, with murder in the first degree-*143of Ferris C. Westervelt on the 8th day of' October, 1925, in Sheridan county, to which a plea of not guilty was entered by defendant, who was not examined as a witness. Trial to a jury, and verdict returned finding defendant guilty of murder in the second degree, on which judgment was entered, and sentence imposed of imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of 30 years; to reverse which error is prosecuted. The claimed errors, being numerous, for sake of brevity, will be…