State v. Weston
Oregon Supreme Court
From Deschutes: T. E. J. Duefy, Judge. In Banc. This is a criminal action prosecuted by the State of Oregon against the defendant, accused by the grand jury of the Circuit Court in and for Deschutes County, State of Oregon, of the crime of murder.
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From Deschutes: T. E. J. Duefy, Judge. In Banc. This is a criminal action prosecuted by the State of Oregon against the defendant, accused by the grand jury of the Circuit Court in and for Deschutes County, State of Oregon, of the crime of murder. The charging part of the indictment reads as follows: “The said A. J. Weston, on the 24th day of March, A. D. 1919, in the said county of Deschutes and State of Oregon, then and there being, did then and there purposely, maliciously and feloniously kill and murder one Robert H. Krug * * , by means unknown to the grand jury, contrary to the statutes…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The deceased, Robert H. Krug, met his death on the evening of March 24, 1919. He was a bachelor, sixty-five years of age, and resided alone in his cabin situate about five miles north of the village of Sisters, in Deschutes County, Oregon. His nearest neighbor was Joe Wilson, who owned, operated, and resided at a sawmill located about three quarters of a mile southwesterly from Krug’s cabin. Living at the mill and employed by Wilson were the defendant and George Stilwell. Wilson and Stilwell *109were the state’s chief witnesses on the trial of this case.
Ahont 7:45 o ’clock on the evening of March…
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