State v. Doherty
Oregon Supreme Court
From Morrow: Henry J. Bean, Judge. The defendant, Dan P. Doherty, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and from the judgment, sentencing him to the penitentiary for life, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bean.
The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting and killing one Oscar Allen in a saloon in the town of Lexington, on December 20, 1907, and from the judgment, sentencing him to the penitentiary for life, he appeals.
Allen was working for one Padburg on a farm near the town, and on the night of the tragedy he and his employer were in town and spent most of the evening at a saloon kept by one Inskeep. Allen had been engaged' in a game of cards early in the evening, but about two hours before he was killed had withdrawn from the…
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