State v. Spendlove
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee District Court. Prosecution for murder in the first degree. From a conviction for murder in the second degree, at the September term, 1889, the defendant Spendlove appeals. The facts are substantially stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
*2The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution upon information in the district court of Shawnee county, in which the defendant Joseph J. Spendlove was charged with murder in the first degree in killing and murdering one Gustave Werner. The defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twenty-one years; and from this sentence he appeals to this court.
It appears that, for nearly two months prior to March 20, 1889, the day on which Werner’s death occurred, Spendlove and Werner…
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