King v. State

Janies B. King was informed against in Lancaster county for murder in the first degree. The jury found ■ him guilty and'imposed the death penalty. His motion for a new trial was' overruled and he was sentenced to death ■by ^electrocution. He prosecutes error to this court..Following is a summary of the material facts: Defend*430ant is a convict who Avas at the time of the tragedy serAdng time in the penitentiary under an indeterminate sentence for burglary. His age was then 30 years. The charge is that he killed Robert L. Taylor, a penitentiary guard, by stabbing him _ with a knife in the throat…