Kerr v. State
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County. At the October term of said court, 1880, J. Manford Kerr, charged in an indictment with selling and conveying land without title, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary; and, on his application, leave has been granted to file in this court a petition in error to reverse the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtOkey, J.
A large number of alleged errors are- relied on as grounds of reversal; but, as I will presently explain, many of them are not before us on the record. This opinion will be coniined to the consideration of the supposed errors which the record presents.
The indictment charges that Kerr, on January 21,1879, in the county of Miami, with intent to defraud William Overton, knowingly sold and conveyed to him, by deed of general warranty of that date, certain lands (described in the indictment) situated in Butler county, state of Missouri, he, said Kerr, not having title to said lands, in law or…
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