State v. Zullig
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lake: L. F. Conn, Judge. In Banc. Bobert Zullig, the defendant, was indicted by the grand jury of Lake County, Oregon, for murder in the second degree. He was charged by the indictment with the shooting of his wife, Emma Zullig, in the northern part of Lake County on October 11, 1918. The defendant and his wife lived in an isolated part of the county, where the settlement was sparse, and there were no neighbors closer than several miles away.
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From Lake: L. F. Conn, Judge. In Banc. Bobert Zullig, the defendant, was indicted by the grand jury of Lake County, Oregon, for murder in the second degree. He was charged by the indictment with the shooting of his wife, Emma Zullig, in the northern part of Lake County on October 11, 1918. The defendant and his wife lived in an isolated part of the county, where the settlement was sparse, and there were no neighbors closer than several miles away. The fact that deceased came to her death from two gunshot wounds fully appears from the direct evidence of those who saw the body and examined the…
1Opinion of the CourtBennett, J.
The errors relied upon, upon this appeal, refer principally to the admission of evidence on behalf of the state, as to the intelligence and capacity of these children, and their ability to talk and give a statement of the occurrence, and the statements of the defendant as to his reason for not questioning them, and that they were unable to talk, and the denying of defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and to set aside the judgment for lack of evidence.
1. We think there was no error of the court in admitting the evidence as to the intelligence and capacity of the children. As there were no…
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