State v. Devlin

A robbery was committed by a gang of bandits on a street in tbe heart of tbe business district in Seattle, about ten o’clock in tbe forenoon on April 1, 1926. In tbe act of tbe robbery, one person was killed. Edward Devlin, upon a separate trial, was convicted of both crimes and has appealed from a judgment and sentence on tbe verdict.

Tbe appellant did not testify at tbe trial. There was abundant proof of tbe robbery and murder. Tbe appellant was apprehended and lodged in jail within a few hours. No witness at tbe trial, other than tbe state’s witness H. O. Hoover, made any pretense or claim…