State v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Defendants were jointly indicted for the murder of Paul M. Sloane, tried together by jury, found guilty without capital punishment, and from a sentence of penal servitude for life, prosecute this appeal.

*418Separate counsel represented the accused.

■ • At the conclusion of the regular charge to the jury, counsel for Ross Johnson requested the judge to charge additionally as follows:—

“That the fouler the crime is, the clearer and the plainer ought to be the proof to convict.”

“That the more flagrant the crime is, the more clearly and…