Legal Opinion
State v. Burwell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1885PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Appeal from Norton District Court. At the April Term, 1885, the defendant Burwell was found guilty of wounding under such circumstances as would constitute manslaughter in the fourth degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for one year, and to pay the costs of the prosecution. He appeals. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
On March 25,1885, a criminal information was filed by the county attorney of Norton county, which information, omitting the caption and verification, reads as follows:
“I, the undersigned, prosecuting attorney of said county, in the name, by authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information that on the 23d day of January, 1885, in said county of Norton and state of Kansas, one James E. Burwell, with force and arms, did then and there unlawfully, feloniously, on purpose and with malice aforethought, in and upon the body of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. WaySupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
- State v. RynoSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
- Coil v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
- State of Kansas v. DreilingSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
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