Curran v. State

Error to the District Court, Laramie County, Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. To justify conviction in a criminal case the evidence of guilt should be clear and convincing, and of such a nature as to convince any unprejudiced person beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime in question. In the case at bar the verdict is so palpably against the law and the evidence as to show either pas.sion and prejudice on the part of the jury or such an indifference to the rights of the defendant as to justify the vacation of the verdict. When there…