State v. Laswell

OPINION

By WISEMAN, J.

This is an appeal on law from the Common Pleas Court of Preble County, Ohio. The defendants, Arlie Laswell .and Tillman Laswell, brothers, were jointly indicted for second degree murder for the killing of Eddie Settles on September 3, 1945, at the Buckeye Gardens in Preble County, Ohio, tried and found guilty of the offense charged.

For their first assignment of error, the defendants contend that the trial court committed error in charging the •jury as to the penalty for second degree murder, assault and battery, and assault, and in failing to include in the charge a…