State v. Schlaps

By information the defendant was charged with the crime of murder. Upon his plea of not guilty he was tried by a jury, which by its verdict found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed his punishment at death. Judgment was duly entered in accordance with the verdict, and the appeal is from the judgment.

The defendant’s assignments of error present four questions, all of which will be considered in disposition of this appeal, viz.:(1) Did the court err in the admission of proof of the commission of another like offense by the defendant?(2) Was it error for the court to fail to…