People v. Gosden

The appellant by the verdict of a jury was found guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation for leniency and was by the court adjudged to suffer the death penalty. Prom this judgment and also from the order denying a new trial, he has appealed.

The indictment against the appellant charged him with the murder of Laura Gosden on the twentieth day of November, 1934. Laura Gosden at the time of her death was the wife of appellant. They were married October 7, 1930, about four years before the death of the wife, and at the time of her death they with their daughter Joyce, born…