Honda v. People

A criminal information was filed in the district court charging George Honda with the murder of his wife, Mary Honda. A jury returned a verdict against him of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at death. A motion for a new trial was filed and overruled, and judgment imposing the penalty of death was entered on the verdict. Seeking to reverse this judgment defendant has sued out a writ of error in this court.

Defendant’s counsel treats his sixteen assigned errors as raising seven issues and we shall accept these as the issues in the case since they fairly comprehend the points…