Edwards v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Garvin Countyj B. McMillan, Judge. C. F. Edwards was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The material testimony in the case may be substantially stated as follows: The homicide occurred on the 15th day of April, 1911, in Garvin county, Okla., at the home of appellant, who resided four or five miles west from Pauls Yalley. -The deceased lived about half a mile from appellant.
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Appeal from District Court, Garvin Countyj B. McMillan, Judge. C. F. Edwards was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals. The material testimony in the case may be substantially stated as follows: The homicide occurred on the 15th day of April, 1911, in Garvin county, Okla., at the home of appellant, who resided four or five miles west from Pauls Yalley. -The deceased lived about half a mile from appellant. On the day of the homicide the deceased and appellant came to Pauls Yalley driving a pair of mules belonging to deceased hitched to a wagon belonging to appellant.…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.
(after stating the facts as above). Counsel for appellant have assigned 42 different errors alleged to have been committed upon the trial of this cause and thereby brought up for review all of the rulings made by the trial court. It is the undisputed right, and it is also the duty of counsel, when they prosecute an appeal, to present for review every material question which in their judgment involves an erroneous ruling of the trial court to the injury of their clients. But it is hardly probable that the trial court would commit material error in every ruling made. It is therefore…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Starr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- People v. . FishNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
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3Cited by37 opinions
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