State v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from DieJcinson District Court. Rogers was charged by information with murder for killing one Leggett. He was tried at the September Term 1876> of the district court, and convicted, and seiitenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years. He now brings the case here by appeal, alleging error in refusing instructions asked by his counsel. The instructions refused, and the facts, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
*79The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The appellant was charged by information with murder in the first degree in killing John Leggett, and upon trial was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. From that conviction and sentence he has appealed to this court. The single error assigned is the refusal of the court below to give the following instructions:
“If the jury find from the evidence that the defendant, in an altercation between them, commenced by the defendant, struck the said Leggett with his hand, with no purpose or…
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