State v. Allen
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Blaine County. Hon. Edward A. Walters, Judge. Prosecution on the charge of murder. Verdict and judgment of conviction. Defendants appeal.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Blaine County. Hon. Edward A. Walters, Judge. Prosecution on the charge of murder. Verdict and judgment of conviction. Defendants appeal. Appellants were witnesses for each other, and being at the same time a witness and a defendant, the force and effect of the testimony of each was greatly lessened, by reason of interest, under the instructions of the court that “the jury have the right to take into consideration the fact that they and each of them are interested in the result of the trial.....” (People v. New York City…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
— The defendants were jointly tried and convicted on the charge of murder, and were sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. This appeal is from the judgment and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
The homicide occurred in a house of ill-repute in the town of Hailey on the night of September 21, 1911. A robbery was attempted and resulted in the killing of a man named Crowley, who was a piano player in this resort. The house was entered by two masked men, one wearing a tall black hat *778and a red mask and the other a cap and a black mask. Two witnesses, Lorenzo Swift and…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People v. HareMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- State v. McGreeveyIdaho Supreme Court · 1909
- State v. HaywardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. OwenIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
- State v. PolsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1959
- Kabase v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
- State v. FoxIdaho Supreme Court · 1932
- State v. NeilIdaho Supreme Court · 1937
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