State v. Rover
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Humboldt County. Th,e facts sufficiently appear iu the opinion. I. The court erred in allowing the written statement to be admitted in evidence, and in allowing the certificate to be supplied, and especially is this true when the objections to its admission existed as are disclosed by the minutes of the court contained in the transcript. (Art. YI, Amend’ts Const. U. S.) II.
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Appeal from tlie District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Humboldt County. Th,e facts sufficiently appear iu the opinion. I. The court erred in allowing the written statement to be admitted in evidence, and in allowing the certificate to be supplied, and especially is this true when the objections to its admission existed as are disclosed by the minutes of the court contained in the transcript. (Art. YI, Amend’ts Const. U. S.) II. The instructions of the court asked by the plaintiff concerning murder and reasonable doubt are ambiguous and unintelligible, and were calculated to confuse…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, C. J.:
The appellant was convicted of murder in the- first degree. He appeals from the judgment.
There is no bill of exceptions. The transcript contains *344the indictment, minutes of the trial, instructions which were asked by the prosecution and defense and given by the court, the instructions given by the court of its own motion, the judgment and the notice of appeal. The objection urged to the ruling of the court in allowing the written statement of the defendant as made before the justice of the peace caunot be considered. It is not included in the record and there is no…
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