State v. Sowders
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered March 10, 1919, upon trial and conviction of manslaughter.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
By an information, Frank Sowders was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, in that he unlawfully and feloniously, purposely, and of his deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of one Walter Hopkins, killed and murdered said Walter Hopkins by shooting him with a revolver, said killing not being excusable or justifiable. To the information, he entered a plea of not guilty, and upon trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial having been denied, judgment and sentence upon the verdict were entered.
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