Anderson v. State

The Chief-Justice

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error and one Charles B. Willard were-convicted of murder in the first degree, and on the jury’s recommendation to mercy, were sentenced to the State-Penitentiary for life. The case is brought here, as his-counsel advises the court, solely to present the question whether the evidence was sufficient to justify the verdict.. The error we are to consider is the refusal of the court to-grant a new trial on that evidence.

The indictment contains two counts essentially the same except as to the parties who were alleged to be…