State v. Shepphard

*324The defendant, Charles Shepphard, was convicted of murder in the second degree, for the deliberate killing of John Benson, at Deer Lodge county, on"or about November 6, 1898. He appeals from the judgment and from an order overruling his motion for a new trial.

The principal error pressed upon our consideration is the alleged insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. This Court cannot say, though, that the evidence did not justify the verdict and order of the court denying a new trial. There is a presumption obtaining that the district court acted in obedience to the rules of law,…