People v. Stock
Idaho Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe second judicial district, Boise county. Tbe defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree. On tbe trial be offered testimony to contradict one of tbe witnesses for tbe people, which was excluded by the court, as was also testimony offered to show that tbe deceased was a man of a violent and quarrelsome disposition.
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Appeal from tbe second judicial district, Boise county. Tbe defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree. On tbe trial be offered testimony to contradict one of tbe witnesses for tbe people, which was excluded by the court, as was also testimony offered to show that tbe deceased was a man of a violent and quarrelsome disposition. Tbe rulings of tbe court excluding such testimony are assigned as error; and, also, the instruction given to the jury after they had been deliberating on tbe case several hours, to tbe effect that it was tbeir duty to agree — to harmonize tbeir views if they…
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
McBRiDE, C. J., and Cummins, J., concurring.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and judgment pronounced against him accordingly. From, this judgment the defendant appeals, and assigns errors as follows :
1. The court erred in excluding the testimony of the witness Samuel A. Merritt, and also that of the witnesses J. B. Pierce and S. Maloney, offered by defendant, for the purpose of impeaching the witness Kelly.
2. The court erred in excluding the testimony of J. B„ Taylor, Joseph Boss, John Cody, Stephen Maloney, and J. P. Pierce, offered by the defendant to show that the…
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