State v. Hawkins
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court for Marion county. The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. A trial resulted in his conviction of murder in the second degree, andhaving been sentenced to the penitentiary during his natural life, he has brought •Khis appeal. The points relied upon to reverse the judgment will be no ticed in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStrahan, J.
The first point made by the appellant’s counsel is, that the court below erred in overruling the motion for the continuance of the cause for the term. The killing took place on the first day of May, 1889; on the thirteenth day of June following the defendant was indicted by the grand jury, and on the seventeenth day of June, 1889, he filed his motion for a postponement of the trial of the cause until the next regular term of the court, for the reason one M. B. Goldstien, a witness whose evidence was alleged to be material, could not then be procured at that term of court. The court declined…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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