State v. Whitfield

The ¿ppellant was charged with murder in the first degree, under this information:

‘ ‘ That he, the said George Edward Whitfield, did on or about the eighth day of March, 1923, in the county of Clarke and state of Washington, then and there being, and while then and there unlawfully engaged in an attempt to commit and in committing, and in withdrawing from the scene of, a rape of Anna Nosko, did then and there, without excuse or justification, unlawfully and feloniously kill and murder said Anna Nosko, in this to-wit: That he, the said George Edward Whitfield, on or about the eighth day of…