Burgen v. State

Sloan Burgen was informed against by tbe county attorney of Coconino county for tbe crime of murder. To tbis information be entered a plea of not guilty, and tbe jury, on tbe fifteenth day of June, 1926, found him guilty of murder in tbe first degree, fixing tbe penalty at life imprisonment. A motion for new trial was made on tbe ground of newly discovered evidence, supported by tbe affidavits of defendant and three witnesses who had testified at tbe trial of tbe case. Tbe motion was overruled, tbe court duly sentenced defendant in accordance with tbe verdict, and tbe matter is before us for…