Boyles v. People

Boy Boyles was convicted of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than 15 years. He says that the judgment should be reversed because: (1) The evidence was insufficient to support a conviction; (2) there was improper cross-examination of the defendant; (3) there was misconduct on the part of some of the jurors; and (4) the motion for a new trial was denied and sentence was pronounced by a judge who did not preside at the trial.

1. In April, 1929, Orval Lindburg was engaged in the business of selling sand obtained from the McVane farm in…