State v. Hein

The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. The evidence introduced at the trial, aside from the written confession, was circumstantial.

The slain man, James Moore, was of the age of seventy - nine years, somewhat crippled and partially blind. He lived in a small two-story house near the town of Hartford, in Snohomish county. November 18, 1947, his body was found lying face up on the floor of his house. The condition of the body indicated that death had occurred a considerable time before its discovery. Beside him were bloodstained pieces of wood, portions of a…