State v. Leuch

The defendant, Bernhard R. Leuch, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death, for the unlawful killing, on June 1, 1938, of his wife, Lena Leuch. This is an appeal by him from the judgment entered, and from an order denying a new trial.

No question of the insufficiency of evidence is presented. The only errors assigned are: (1) The court erred in sustaining challenges for cause to two prospective jurors, whose opinions precluded capital punish ment. (2) The court erred in permitting the introduction into evidence of a life insurance policy upon the deceased, without…