State v. Farnam
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: George F. Skipworth, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Me. Justice McBride. The defendant, Boy A. Farnam, was indicted for murder in the second degree, the charging part of the indictment being as follows: “He, the said Boy A. Farnam, on the eighth day of December, A. D. 1914, in' the said county of Douglas, State of Oregon, then and there being, did then and there wrongfully, unlawfully, feloniously, purposely and maliciously kill Edna Morgan in some manner and by…
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From Douglas: George F. Skipworth, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Me. Justice McBride. The defendant, Boy A. Farnam, was indicted for murder in the second degree, the charging part of the indictment being as follows: “He, the said Boy A. Farnam, on the eighth day of December, A. D. 1914, in' the said county of Douglas, State of Oregon, then and there being, did then and there wrongfully, unlawfully, feloniously, purposely and maliciously kill Edna Morgan in some manner and by some means unknown to the grand jury; and so he, the aforesaid Boy A. Farnam, did then and there in said county and…
1DissentJustice Burnett
delivered the following dissenting opinion.
The defendant was accused of the crime of murder in the second degree by an indictment reading thus:
“Boy A. Farnam is accused by the grand jury of the county of Douglas, State of Oregon, by this indictment, of the crime of murder, committed as follows: He, the said Boy A. Farnam, on the eighth day of December, A. D. 1914, in the said county of Douglas, State of Oregon, then and there being, did then and there wrongfully, unlawfully, feloniously, purposely and maliciously kill Edna Morgan in some manner and by some means unknown to the grand jury; and…
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