State v. William
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the-district court for Ramsey county, Olin B. Lewis, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of murder in the first degree. If by proper • affidavits it appeared that the newspaper articles were published and the jury were not under restraint, the court should presume that they read such articles.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the-district court for Ramsey county, Olin B. Lewis, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of murder in the first degree. If by proper • affidavits it appeared that the newspaper articles were published and the jury were not under restraint, the court should presume that they read such articles. Meyer v. Cadwalader, 49 Fed. 32; Clyde Mattox v. United States, 146 U. S. 140, 149. The theory of jury trials is that all information about the case must have been furnished in open court, where the judge can separate the…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The defendant, William Williams, on May 19, 1905, was convicted in the district court of the county of Ramsey of the crime of murder in the first degree upon an indictment charging him with having, on April 13, 1905, killed John Keller by shooting him with the premeditated design to effect his death. On June 30, 1905, the court made its order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial, and he appealed from the order.
While the defendant’s assignments of- error do not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury, yet a brief *354statement of the admitted facts of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- O'Connor v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailwaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- State v. HoranSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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