State v. Whitbeck

Defendant was charged with the murder of his father, Arlow Whitbeck, on the evening of March 18, 1908. The circumstances attending the killing, as charged, were such as tended to show willfulness, deliberation, and premeditation, and the conviction was for murder in the first degree. There was substantial evidence to support the theory of the prosecution that the crime was committed as follows: On the lYth of March, the day preceding the murder, defendant, who was about thirty-*33three years of age áncl had been residing with his parents for about three years on their farm working for his father…