State v. Lower

The opinion of. the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree, and appeals.

*670Complaint is made of the conduct of the judge of the district court in cross-examining witnesses. It is said there was no occasion for interference. The court was privileged to determine that question for itself. Even if the examination covered the same ground as the examination by counsel, it may have served to confirm the court in its estimate of the evidence, and thus better qualify it to rule on a motion to discharge, should such a motion be presented, and to rule on…