State v. Nixon
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Russell District Comi. At the March Term, 1882, Daniel M. Nixon was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He appeals. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was was a criminal prosecution for murder in the first degree. The defendant, Daniel M. Nixon, was charged with killing William Crawford, in Trego,county, on the 9th day of September, 1880, by shooting him with a gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden balls. For reasons not necessary to be stated, the case was tried in Russell county, where the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. On the trial it was admitted by the defendant that he killed Crawford, as charged in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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