State v. Wong Wen Teung
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. Defendant, Wong Wen Teung, was indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree for shooting and killing one Joseph Gue on March 27, 1917, in Multnomah County.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. Defendant, Wong Wen Teung, was indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree for shooting and killing one Joseph Gue on March 27, 1917, in Multnomah County. He was tried by the court and a jury, resulting in a judgment of conviction on June 27, 1917, and appeals. „The evidence produced at the trial indicated that Joseph Gue was the proprietor of an oyster-house located on the south side of Madison Street, between Second and Third Streets, in the City of Portland, the premises being known as No. 250 Madison Street. Madison Street…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
Upon the trial Mrs. Etta C. Parrish, a witness for the state, testified on direct examination that she saw a man, who in height, build, and movement, resembled the defendant, shoot the deceased and then run around the corner. She did not positively identify the defendant. She did not see the face of the man who did the shooting. On cross-examination she was asked numerous questions tending to elicit testimony to show that most other Chinamen were of the size and build attributed by the witness to the man who did the killing. She was asked if it was not true that most Chinamen whom the witness…
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