State v. Holt

*237By the Court,

Coleman, J.:

The defendant was convicted in the district court of the crime of first-degree murder, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial and the judgment he appealed. Preliminary to considering the merits of the case, we will dispose of the objection going to the jurisdiction of the court to try the case and render a judgment against the defendant.

After the death of the deceased a coroner’s jury was impaneled to inquire into the cause of her death. It returned the following verdict:

“The deceased was named Mrs. E. L. Holt; was a native of Pennsylvania, aged about 38…