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STATE v. BUTLER

32 N.J. 166 (1960)

160 A.2d 8

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIAM BUTLER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 4, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stephen V.R. Strong argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. Joseph F. Deegan, Jr., attorney; Mr. Sam Weiss, on the brief).

Mr. William D. Danberry, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Warren W. Wilentz, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney).

The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The defendant William Butler was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. He appeals to this court as of right under R.R. 1:2-1(c).

In July 1956 the Koppers Coke Company's office building in Port Reading, Middlesex County, was broken into, its safe was removed and opened, its office drawers and lockers were rifled, and its...

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