Territory of Montana v. Roberts
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County. The defendant was tried before De Wolfe, J. No briefs on file.
1Opinion of the CourtBlake, C. J.
The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and this appeal has been taken from the judgment of the court below and the order overruling the motion for a new trial. No briefs have been filed, and no arguments have been made in this action, and we would be justified by many precedents in affirming the judgment without any examination of the transcript. This court has expressed its disapproval of similar conduct upon the part of counsel for appellants; and, while we do hot desire to act as censors, we hope that this is the last time that we shall be called upon to…
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