State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee District Court. Prosecution for murder in the first degree. From a conviction at the November term, 1885, the defendant Jones appeals. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Holt, C.:
On Sunday morning, September 20, 1885, John W. Jones, the defendant, killed Edward H. White, in Shawnee county. The defendant was tried in November following, in the district court of said county, found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree, and upon March 31, 1886, the court entered judgment accordingly. Defendant appeals.
The record discloses substantially these facts: Jones was a tenant of White, and there had been some difficulty between them concerning the terms of a lease under which he held, and more especially about the trespassing of White’s stock in…
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