State v. Morehous

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Katzenbach, J.

The defendant below, William IL Slorehous, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. The jury did not as a part of its verdict recommend imprisonment at hard labor for life, under chapter 134 of the laws of 1919, and the defendant was sentenced to death. To review this conviction a writ of error has been taken. The *287entire record of the proceedings had upon the trial is brought up for review as permitted under section 136 of the Criminal Procedure act. Assignments of errors and specification of causes for reversal have been…