State v. Fuersten

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

Paul W. Euersten (hereinafter called the defendant) was indicted for the murder of Harriet A. Tickers, and was convicted of murder in the first degree. No recommendation of life imprisonment was made, by the jury, and he was sentenced to death. He now brings up for review the record of that conviction, together with certain bills of exceptions and a certificate of the entire proceedings had upon the trial.

At the trial, the evidence tended to show, among others, the following matters of fact:

The defendant is of foreign descent and…