Nesbit v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Upon information filed by the district attorney, William Nesbit, defendant below, was convicted of murder of the first degree and sentenced accordingly. He brings the cause to this court by writ of error. STATEMENT. Defendant was a man upwards of fifty years of age. Mrs. Irwin, the deceased, was about forty-eight. Both were residents of the city of Denver.
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Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Upon information filed by the district attorney, William Nesbit, defendant below, was convicted of murder of the first degree and sentenced accordingly. He brings the cause to this court by writ of error. STATEMENT. Defendant was a man upwards of fifty years of age. Mrs. Irwin, the deceased, was about forty-eight. Both were residents of the city of Denver. Mrs. Irwin lived at 2404 Larimer street, and with her sister, Miss Kate Swift, kept boarders. Defendant and Mrs. Irwin had had business dealings concerning the furniture and good will of the…
1Opinion
ON PETITION EOR REHEARING.
2Per curiam
The only matter presented by the petition for rehearing requiring a further opinion is the challenge to the array. This we might, perhaps, decline to *463consider under the salutary rule announced in Knoth v. Barclay, 8 Colo. 305; but the great importance of the issue in this case leads us to examine the statute now cited by counsel for defendant in support of his challenge. The particular section relied on reads as follows :
“ If at any time the number of ballots in the box shall be reduced to fifty or less, in counties of the first class, and to twenty-five or less in…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- Knoth v. BarclaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1885