State v. Hayes
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth district court Utah county. Hon. W. M. McCarty, Judge. Defendant was found guilty, on circumstantial evidence, of the murder of Albert Hayes, alias Albert Emstrom, and was sentenced to be hung. On appeal the judgment of conviction was affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, J.:
The indictment in this case charges the defendant with the crime of murder in the first degree, in shooting and *120killing one Albert Enstrom, alias Albert Hayes, in Utab county, February 16,1895. The verdict of murder in the first degree, as charged, was rendered April 1, 1896, and the defendant was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead. From the judgment of conviction, and the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, this appeal is taken.
The first contention made by the appellant is that there is no evidence in the case tending to prove that the deceased was killed…
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