State v. Dena

OPINION OP THE COURT

BRATTON, J.

Appellants were jointly indicted charged with the murder of one Frank Lewis. The indictment contained three counts, the first charging that the said Lewis was killed by being struck and beaten on the head with a wooden club. The second count charged that he was killed by being struck and beaten on the head with an axe, and the third charged that he was killed by some means unknown to the grand jury. By separate verdict each of the appellants was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and pursuant thereto was sentenced to death.

Appellants first argue that…