People v. Bawden

The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to suffer the death penalty, and he appeals from the judgment, from an order denying a new trial, from an order denying his motion in arrest of judgment, and also from an order denying his motion “to dismiss the information and all subsequent proceedings.”

1. The first contention of appellant is, that the court erred in giving the following instruction: “If you find from the evidence, and beyond a reasonable doubt, that, at the time and place mentioned in the information, the defendant did then and there willfully,…