Stowe v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

— The defendant, upon the information of the prosecuting attorney of Pierce county, was tried for the murder of Enoch Crosby, and on April 25, 1890, found guilty of murder in the second degree. On May 17, 1890, he presented his motion for a new trial, based upon errors of the court, newly discovered evidence, and that *125the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence, which motion was overruled, and defendant, on same day, sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for twenty years. On June 11, 1890, his attorneys gave notice, in open…