State v. Magers
Oregon Supreme Court
From Polk.: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. W. G. Magers was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
This is an appeal from a judgment of death pronounced by the circuit court for Polk County against the defendant W. G. Magers, upon his conviction of the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by killing one Andrew Raymond Sink. The assignment of error chiefly relied upon for reversal relates to the action of the trial court in refusing to declare to the jury when the sun set on September 13, 1898. It is deemed necessary to a proper understanding of the point insisted upon to state a portion of the evidence which *522might be considered as tending to connect the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
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- Stoball v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
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