State v. Wilder
Oregon Supreme Court
From Umatilla: Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge. In Banc.' The defendant was tried upon an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree for having killed one Bert W. H. McNease. There was a trial, resulting in a verdict of guilty, and the defendant was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of his natural life, from which judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBenson, J.
1. The assignments of error attack the correctness of the ruling of the court in admitting, over defendant’s objection, the testimony of the sheriff, T. D. Taylor, and his deputy, J. A. Blakely, regarding a confession alleged to have been made by the defendant after being placed under arrest. It appears from the record that the defendant was arrested and confined in the county jail on the night of September 18, 1919, and on the morning of September 19th the sheriff had him brought to his private office, where he began questioning him in regard to his ownership of a pistol, and during the…
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