State v. Keefe
Wyoming Supreme Court
RESERVED questions, from the District Court, Albany County, How. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. Frank J. Keefe, having been charged with the crime of murder in the first degree upon two informations, each charging the killing of a different person, though at the same time, was tried upon one, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to four years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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RESERVED questions, from the District Court, Albany County, How. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. Frank J. Keefe, having been charged with the crime of murder in the first degree upon two informations, each charging the killing of a different person, though at the same time, was tried upon one, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to four years imprisonment in the penitentiary. After his release from 'such imprisonment he was again arrested upon the remaining information, and he moved to be discharged for delay in prosecution. The questions arising upon said motion were reserved by the order…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
This case was sent to this court upon an order of the District Court of Albany County for a decision upon certain reserved questions certified to be important and difficult and to have arisen upon a motion filed by the defendant for his discharge from further prosecution under a pending information charging him with the murder of Thomas J. King, on the ground that he had not been brought to trial within the time required by law. The agreed facts are substantially as follows:
On or about April 22, 1903, the defendant, Frank J. Keefe, was arrested on the charge of murder…
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