People v. . Lustig

Gray, J.:

The defendant was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, committed by administering to Rhoda Irene Lustig strychnia, a deadly poison. He was tried upon the indictment and was convicted upon the charge by the verdict of a jury. From the judgment of conviction he has appealed to this court and he assigns various errors as having been committed during the trial, certain of which I deem grave.

The death of the woman was not disputed; but it is claimed that the evidence failed to establish the primary fact, that it was; -caused by poison; or, if so caused, that it was…