State v. Much

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, the death penalty assessed hy the jury and after denial of his motion for a new trial was sentenced hy the trial court in conformity with the verdict of the jury. From the judgment and sentence so imposed, he appeals.

The information in one count charged the crime as having- been committed in Spokane county, Washington, on or about September 22, 1928, by appellant, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, without excuse or justification and with a premeditated design to effect the death of one Catherine Clark with a hatchet held in the hand…