Legal Opinion
Warner v. State
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 15, 1894PublishedCited by 31 opinions
On error to the Burlington Oyer and Terminer.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
On September 18th, 1892, Wesley Warner killed Elizabeth Peak. They had been illicitly consorting. On the night of the 18th he was at the house of the girl’s *687parents. He had been drinking. During the evening he •left the house, taking with him a butcher-knife.
He was next seen lying in the road by the two sisters of the girl and some young men who were accompanying the ■three women home. Warner rose from the ground, caught Lizzie and struck her with the knife, from which blow in a few minutes she fell dead. For this deed he was tried and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DorseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Shannahan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
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