GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.
The appellant, John Henry Sheppard, aged 19, was charged with having murdered Annie Yocum Willett, aged 69, in the perpetration of rape. This appeal is from a verdict and judgment finding the accused guilty of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to death.
There is not, and hardly could be, any contention that the verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence. We briefly summarize the proof. Mrs. Willett and her husband...
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