State v. Guffey

This matter is before us at this time pursuant to order to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed.

The brief of appellant was filed in this court on September 2, 1927, and the conclusion thereof reads as follows:

“Since preparing the above brief, and before the printing was completed, information is received by phone from the hospital at Ft. Meade that Joshua A. Guffey had just died from gunshot wounds received at the hands of assailants who had attacked him with rifles in the vicinity of his cattle range.

“The judgment in this action is for some $2,300 costs. We deem it proper to…