State v. Grimmett
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Peter J. Somers, Judge. S. P. Grimmett was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. ' Appellant’s first proposition is that the verdict of the jury in convicting appellant of the crime of voluntary manslaughter is contrary to the evidence.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Peter J. Somers, Judge. S. P. Grimmett was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. ' Appellant’s first proposition is that the verdict of the jury in convicting appellant of the crime of voluntary manslaughter is contrary to the evidence. The question as to who was the agressor, and the question whether the defendant acted in self-defense are peculiarly for the jury to determine. They are not questions of law in any sense, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
The appellant, S. P. Grimmett, was indicted by the grand jury of Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, for the crime of murder, for shooting and killing one Charles Edward Baker on the 24th day of October, 1909. The appellant was regularly tried before a jury in the District Court of Esmeralda County, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced by the court to serve a term of six years in the Nevada state penitentiary. From the judgment of conviction, and from the order of the lower court denying a motion for a new trial interposed by defendant, relief is…
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