State v. Spadoni

The appellant Grino Spadoni, after a trial had in the superior court of Pierce county, was on the verdict of a jury adjudged guilty of the murder of one Harry Hallen, and sentenced to the state penitentiary for the term of his natural life. This appeal is from the judgment and sentence.

The crime of which the appellant was convicted was committed on one of the streets of the city of South Tacoma, on the night of March 11, 1921. At about 10:30 o ’clock on the night of the date given, Hallen was returning to his home from a visit at the home of his father-in-law, when he was shot four times in…