Legal Opinion

Jones v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 15, 1874PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to District Court, Arapahoe County. Objections made to jurors are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The indictment was for robbery.

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Error to District Court, Arapahoe County. Objections made to jurors are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The indictment was for robbery. The prosecuting witness, James Leverton, testified that he came to Denver in the afternoon of the 30th of January, 1873 ; that he met upon, the street Dailey and Milsap, who, after some conversation, induced him to go to a house on Blake street, called the Corn Exchange, in search of one Isaac Pease, with whom the witness was acquainted ; that when they had arrived at the place last named, they went into a room and one of the prisoners locked…

1Opinion of the CourtHallett, C. J.

Plaintiff in error was indicted jointly with Wm. Dailey, Geo. Milsap, and Chas. R. Ward, for robbery committed upon James Leverton, and the parties were separately tried, resulting in the conviction of all excepting Ward, who was acquitted. In each case of conviction the record has been removed into this court by writ of error, and as the evidence was substantially the same in all of them, the questions presented will be considered in this opinion. All of these questions arose and were presented in the case of Jones, save one, which arose in the case of Milsap in the following manner.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Swett v. ShumwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. Sanchez v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  3. Chase v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  4. Craig v. GrantMichigan Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. MegordenOregon Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
  3. Brown v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
  4. Kumli v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1892
  5. State v. PickettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897

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