People v. Pavlik

The prisoner and G-abris Robinski were jointly indicted for the murder of Tomas Maika, on the 23d day of July, 1887. The prisoners elected to be tried separately, and Robinski was first tried, and the jury disagreed, and he offered to plead guilty to murder in the second degree, which was accepted, and he was sentenced to the state-prison for life. Pavlik was soon thereafter tried and convicted, and sentenced to the state-prison for life, and has appealed to this court from such conviction. We have carefully ex- • amined the case, and have reached the conclusion that the evidence was…