Legal Opinion

Territory of Wyoming v. Nelson

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1880PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Error to the District Court of Albany County. This case comes from the district court of Albany county; the case was tried at the February, 1880 term, at Laramie City, in said county.' Andrew Nelson, the defendant in error, was regularly indicted by the grand jury of said county, for the crime of “ knowingly killing neat cattle not his own,” was regularly tried on said indictment, found guilty by'the jury and his term of imprisonment in the penitentiary at six months.

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Error to the District Court of Albany County. This case comes from the district court of Albany county; the case was tried at the February, 1880 term, at Laramie City, in said county.' Andrew Nelson, the defendant in error, was regularly indicted by the grand jury of said county, for the crime of “ knowingly killing neat cattle not his own,” was regularly tried on said indictment, found guilty by'the jury and his term of imprisonment in the penitentiary at six months. Whereupon the prosecuting attorney of Albany county moved the court for sentence of said Andrew Nelson to the penitentiary…

1Opinion of the CourtSeNER, C. J.

This case has been docketed for hearing here by leave of the court, under and by virtue of secs. 146, 147, 148, 149, of the'Criminal Code of Wyoming, as found on pages 157 and 158 of the edition of 1876. These sections thus referred to are as follows :

Section 146. The prosecuting attorney may take excep--*333tions to any opinion or decision of the court during the prosecution of the cause: and the bill containing the exceptions, upon being presented, shall, if it be conformable to the truth, be signed and sealed by the court, which shall be made (be) a part of the record, and be in all respects…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte KarstendickSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. State ex rel. Chandler v. MainWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
  3. Morissey v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1863
  4. Hollister v. LoudMichigan Supreme Court · 1852
  5. Wisner v. FarnhamMichigan Supreme Court · 1853

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Attletweedt v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Kemper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  3. Long v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Kingen v. KelleyWyoming Supreme Court · 1891
  5. City of Champaign v. HillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961

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