State v. Miller

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is a concluding if not the final chapter of a criminal prosecution for murder.., It is here on motion by the state to reset the date for execution of the defendant who has been sentenced to death by hanging on his plea of guilty to the crime of murder in the first degree and a motion by the confessed murderer to dismiss the state’s motion on the ground.,this court is without jurisdiction to either hear or sustain it.

The story of the tragedy herein involved and resulting in the death of one man and in the sentencing of another to die…