State v. Dryman

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

Frank R. Dryman, also known as Frank R. Valentine, charged by information in Toole County, Montana, with the crime of murder, was by a jury on January 11, 1953, found “guilty of murder in the first degree,” which jury left “his punishment to be fixed by the court. ’ ’ By judgment of the trial court, pronounced on January 13, 1953, it was “ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said Frank R. Dryman, also known as Frank R. Valentine, be * * * hanged by the neck until dead.” From this judgment the defendant has appealed.

The crime with which defendant was charged was alleged…