State v. Bigler

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Fred Bigler was convicted of murder in the second degree for his participation in the crime of robbery which culminated in the violent death of John Baxter, who lived alone on a farm in the eastern part of Saline county.

*14Bigler had been reared on a neighboring farm, but in recent years he followed the profession of wrestling. He, too, resided alone on a farm belonging to his father, about a mile and a half from Baxter’s place. Other wrestlers frequented Bigler’s residence. One of these, Aubrey Ogden, made his home with Bigler part of the…