State v. White

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, C. J.:

The appellant was convicted in the district court of Elko County of the crime of murder of the first degree. The jury did not exercise their discretion to fix the punishment, and the court imposed the penalty of death. This appeal is from the judgment and order denying appellant’s motion for a new trial. As it was argued most earnestly that neither the corpus delicti nor appellant’s guilt were proved sufficiently to warrant the verdict, a statement of the case is deemed advisable.

In the month of February, 1928, in the city of Elko, Mike Connis and Louis…