State v. Justice

Defendant, Jack Justice, and Leo Hall were indicted jointly. By the indictment said defendants, Leo Hall and Jack Justice, were accused of the crime of murder in the first degree alleged to have been committed on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1933, in Multnomah county, Oregon, by killing one W. Frank Akin.

When arraigned, defendant Jack Justice stood mute and refused to plead, whereupon a plea of not guilty was entered.

Defendant Justice alone was put upon trial. At the time of the trial, Hall, having been convicted of murder committed in the state of Washington, was awaiting execution there.

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