Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 5, 1907No. 20,961PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Erom Criminal Ooui-t of Marion County (35,771) ; Fremont Alford, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against George Williams. Erom a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.

About 8 o’clock p. m. of Sunday, September 30, 1906, Edward J. Petticord, a police officer of the city of Indianapolis, was mortally wounded by a pistol shot. Appellant was indicted for the offense, tried, and found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to suffer death. He appeals.

One assignment is based on the overruling of his motion for a new trial, and the other upon the overruling of his motion in arrest of judgment.

It appears from the record that in the afternoon of Sunday, September 30, 1906, the defendant and Jesse Coe were, with others, congregated on the corner of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Musser v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Cluck v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Gipe v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Green v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Hicks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Weaver v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Anderson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Rowe v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Kennedy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1935
  5. McKee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1926

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