People v. Shaver

Appellant was found guilty by the verdict of a jury of murder in the first degree. 'In the absence of any action of the jury trying the case fixing the punish ment of the crime, the court pronounced judgment of death against defendant. From this judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial, he has appealed.

The victim of defendant’s crime was his wife. The' crime was charged to have been committed on September 12, 1934. The parties had been married something over seven years prior thereto. As a result of the marriage they had two children, Richard and Louis. Appellant’s wife had…