NEELY, Justice:
Appellant, William Ellsworth Wayne, was convicted of first degree murder by a jury in the Circuit Court of Wood County. The conviction was based on the felony murder statute, W.Va.Code, 61-2-1 [1923] and the jury found that Wayne, while attempting to rob Felder's grocery store, shot and killed Arthur Herman Felder, the proprietor. We affirm.
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