State v. Nordmark

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Charles Nordmark was charged with having murdered Alexander Lindahl on March 26, 1910, and upon a trial he was convicted of murder in the second degree. On this appeal the principal complaint is that the verdict of the jury is not sustained by the evidence.

There was no eyewitness to the killing, and in this, as in most cases where conviction rests on circumstantial evidence, there is a claim that the guilt of appellant is not shown with the certainty which is necessary to a conviction. It was shown that Nordmark and Lindahl lived on…