People v. Kromphold

Defendant' was charged by information filed in the superior court of Tuba County on September 13, 1915, with the crime of murder, in the unlawful killing of one John B. Sperbeck on September 6, 1915. On his trial, which was commenced on October 13, 1915, he was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was adjudged to suffer death. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

1. The principal point made for reversal is that the court erred in refusing to grant defendant’s motion for a change of place of trial, based on the ground that a fair and…