State v. Lee
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah County. On the twenty-fifth day of October, 1878, the appellant was jointly indicted with Lee Jong and Charlie Lee Quong for tbe murder of Chin Sue Ting. Lee Jong was never arrested.
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Appeal from Multnomah County. On the twenty-fifth day of October, 1878, the appellant was jointly indicted with Lee Jong and Charlie Lee Quong for tbe murder of Chin Sue Ting. Lee Jong was never arrested. Tbe others, tbe appellant and Charlie Lee Quong, were tried together, and convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and sentenced to be banged on the seventh day of February, 1879. They appealed from the judgment to tbe supreme court at tbe January term, 1879. Tbe judgment of tbe circuit court was reversed, and tbe case remanded for a new trial. The defendants then severed in their trials,…
1Opinion of the Court
.By the Court,
Kelly, C. J.:
After the evidence on behalf of the state was closed, the court, at the request of the district attorney, made an order directing a bailiff to conduct the jury to the Joss-house for the purpose of viewing the place where the homicide occurred. The appellant and his counsel were present when the order was made, but did not object to it. The section of the statute under which the court ordered the view is as follows: “Whenever, in the opinion of the court, it is *217proper that the jury should have a view of real property which is the subject of litigation, or of the…
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