Keezer v. State

The plaintiffs in error prosecute a joint petition to secure the reversal of a judgment of life imprisonment upon a conviction of murder while attempting to rob Mike Geno.

Briefly stated, the facts are that Geno, Martin and Sanders, about 8 o’clock P. M., were by the accused waylaid in a secluded place, and Sanders and Geno beaten with clubs into insensibility, and. Sanders robbed. Martin escaped, and Sanders survived the assault, while Geno did not recover consciousness, but died the succeeding day. The accused admitted to the sheriff and to the county attorney that they assaulted the men and…