Wiley v. People

E. Wiley was charged with the murder of Swan Hager. Upon trial, he was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term'of hot less than ten or more than eleven years.

The defendant and Hager, in company with several other men, w;ere at the Shamrock .Coal Mine in Weld county, where they had congregated with their wagons and teams for the purpose of purchasing coal and hauling the same to their respective homes. Wiley and deceased were not acquainted, though they had seen each other a few times, and there was no unfriendly feeling between them. There was…