State v. Doris
Oregon Supreme Court
From Wallowa: Thomas H. Crawford, Judge. The defendant, James Doris, was convicted of the crime of manslaughter for killing Charles G. Sim, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the period of ten years, from which he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Commissioner King.
James Doris was convicted of the crime of manslaughter for the killing of Chas. G. Sim in Wallowa County on October 1, 1906, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment, from which he appeals.
The killing is admitted, but defendant claims that, while acting in self-defense, the weapon used was accidentally discharged, shooting Sim, from the effects of which he died on the following day; that Sim was a large and strong man, weighing 185 pounds, but defendant *142was small in stature, weighing but 125 pounds; that deceased made a vicious assault upon him, and considering…
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