Territory of Montana v. Stears
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from Third District, Lewis and Glarhe County. Stears was indicted at tbe March term, 1875, witb Wheatley and another party, for the murder of Franz Warl. Wheatley and Stears were convicted, and Wheatley was hung June 29, 1875. Stears was again convicted at his second trial, and suffered death at the hands of the law.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
The indictment in this case charges that the defendant, William H. Stears, on the 30th day of April, 1875, at the county of Lewis and Clarke, and Territory of Montana, “ with force and arms, in and upon one Franz Warl, did make an assault, feloniously, willfully, and of his deliberate and premeditated malice, and of his malice aforethought, and that the said William H. Stears, with a certain leaden slung-shot, with which he, the said William H. Stears, was then and there armed, the said Franz Warl, in and upon the side and back of the head of the said Franz Warl, then and there feloniously,…
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