State v. Criger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

Paul F. Criger was charged with murder in the first degree of his wife at their home in Morrill, Kan., on the morning of March 13, 1939. He was tried and found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years. He has appealed and contends that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence; that the trial court erred in several important rulings on the admission of evidence; in overruling his motion to be discharged upon the admissions and statements of counsel for the state made in his opening statement;…