Ballard v. State

Plaintiff was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. He alleges error in this court, and, under the provisions of the constitution of the state, the execution of the sentence is suspended by act of law until the case is reviewed by the supreme court.

*611Before entering upon the discussion of the questions presented by this record we deem it proper to say that the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error contains an unwarranted and unjust attack upon the learned and impartial judge who presided at the trial in the district court. We have examined the record carefully…