Sharp v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by electrocution. He prosecutes error to have this court review the record of the trial and conviction. The information charges “that Frank E. Sharp * * * on or about the 16th day of March, A. D. 1926, * * * did * * * unlawfully, feloniously, purposely, and of his deliberate and premeditated malice, strike Harriet A. Sharp with a hammer, and as a result thereof she died March 16, 1926.” Harriet A. Sharp, deceased, was the wife of the defendant.

Among the errors assigned will…