People v. . Johnson

The defendant wa? indicted for murdering Charles Peck on the 17th day of April last. He was tried upon the indictment and found guilty of murder in the first degree on the 17th day of May, and sentenced to suffer death during the week commencing July 3d. He appealed to this court, and his counsel alleges various errors for which he contends that his client should have a new trial. His main contention is that there was not sufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation to authorize the conviction.

The defendant and Peck were both convicts in the Auburn state prison. On the morning of…