State v. Buckaroo Jack
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District, Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Humboldt County; W. H. A. Pike, Judge. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District, Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Humboldt County; W. H. A. Pike, Judge. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. It appears by the evidence introduced in this case on the part of the plaintiff that the defendant is an Indian of the, Piute tribe and that the alleged deceased, Lotta, alleged to have been murdered by the defendant, was an Indian woman of the same tribe, and it is not shown by said evidence, or any evidence, or otherwise, nor does it appear by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Noroross, J.:
Appellant was indicted in the Second Judicial District Court in and for Humboldt County for the crime of murder, the indictment alleging that on the 10th day of April, 1907, he murdered a human being, commonly known by the name of "Lotta” whose real name was to the grand jury unknown. Appellant interposed a plea of not guilty, was tried for the offense, and on the 17th day of October, 1907, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed the penalty at death. Judgment in accordance with the verdict was thereupon duly entered.
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