State v. Barber
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe District Court of tbe Seventh Judicial District for Washington County. Hon. Frank J. Smith, Judge. Defendant was indicted by a grand jury, tried and convicted for manslaughter; sentenced to seven years in the state prison. This appeal is from the judgment and order overruling a motion for a new trial.
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APPEAL from tbe District Court of tbe Seventh Judicial District for Washington County. Hon. Frank J. Smith, Judge. Defendant was indicted by a grand jury, tried and convicted for manslaughter; sentenced to seven years in the state prison. This appeal is from the judgment and order overruling a motion for a new trial. Since the passage of the county attorney act of 1897, the court can appoint another person to perform the duties of the county attorney only upon the happening of one of the conditions mentioned in section 2 of said act (page 74). No such condition existed in this case, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtStockslager, C. J.
Appellant was indicted by a grand jury of Washington county, charged with the murder of one Charles Macomb on the twenty-third day of December, 1905. A trial was had in February, 1906, which resulted in a verdict of manslaughter. He was thereafter sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the state penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was overruled and the appeal is from this order and also from the judgment.
Counsel for appellant assigns twenty-eight errors, many of which relate to the giving of instructions and the refusal to give instructions requested on behalf of defendants.
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- Bruner v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
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- Vann v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- State v. CorcoranIdaho Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. BatesIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
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