Murphy v. State

By HAMILTON, PJ.

Murphy was indicted and convicted of first degree murder in the unlawful killing of Harry Friedhoff, cashier of the Silver-ton Bank, while in the perpetration, of a robbery.

The verdict was returned without a recommendation of mercy. Judgment was entered on the verdict, and Murphy prosecutes error to this court.

The chief ground of error urged is, that the court erred in overruling the challenge of the defendant to the array of the jury and the overruling of the motion to quash the venire.

The ground of the challenge was that the venire was not issued and the jury was not drawn…