State v. Farley

Appellant, Artell Junior Farley, was charged with the first degree murder of Mrs. Flora McFarland committed on February 21,1954, in the city of Tacoma. Upon the trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and answered “yes” to the interrogatory “Shall the death penalty be inflicted?”

The corpse of the victim was found in the forenoon of February 22, 1954, floating in a pool of water in the Harrison gravel pit. She died from multiple wounds, not from drowning. The scene of the crime showed evidence of a violent murder. A description of the body and the scene would not aid in discussing the…