State v. Jefferson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bodine, J.

The plaintiff in error has twice been convicted of murder in the first degree, the jury not recommending life imprisonment at either trial. R. S. 2:138-4. The first conviction was set aside because of trial error. State v. Jefferson, 129 N. J. L. 308.

Of the facts in the case little need he said. The victim of the murder was brutally killed. The defendant’s fingerprints were upon her glasses. Competent medical proof showed that there had been at least an attempt to commit rape. The defendant signed a written confession.

The jurors were examined…