State v. Wilson

The defendant was by information charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. Upon the trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty together with a special finding that the death penalty be inflicted. The court entered judgment on the verdict and sentenced defendant to be hanged. Defendant appealed.

The material allegations of the information read as follows:

“He, the said Garland Wilson, in the County of King, State of Washington, on or about the 29th day of December, 1945, with a premeditated design to effect the death of J. N. Raybould, a human being, and while then and there…