State v. Drummond

Elmer Drummond, on June 10, 1911, shot and killed William E. Flynt, in Stevens county. He and two other defendants were charged by information with the crime of murder in the first degree. Defendant Elmer Drummond was tried separately, and was convicted of murder in the second degree. He appeals from the judgment pronounced upon the verdict of the jury.

Several errors are alleged, which are argued in the briefs under four different points which we shall notice in their order. It is first claimed that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict. We have carefully read the evidence,…