State v. Dilley

The appellants and one George-Simmons were indicted jointly in the Circuit Court of Marion County for the crime of assault and robbery, being armed with a dangerous weapon. They all pleaded not guilty, and on the trial the appellants were convicted and said Simmons was acquitted. From the judgment of conviction entered thereon, this appeal was taken and brought here. The indictment reads as follows :—

“The said Nelson Dilley, George Simmons, and Henry Johns, on the twenty-first day of August, 1886, in the county of Marion, and State of Oregon, then and there being armed with a dangerous…