State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Davis District Court. At the March Term, 1887, of the district court of Davis county, James Smith was prosecuted upon a charge of murder.
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Appeal from Davis District Court. At the March Term, 1887, of the district court of Davis county, James Smith was prosecuted upon a charge of murder. The prosecution was based on the following information, caption and verification omitted: “Now comes H. J. Humphrey, county attorney for the county of Davis, in the state of Kansas, and in the district court in and for said Davis county, at the March, 1887, term of said district court, in the name, by the authority, and on behalf of the state of Kansas, information gives that James Smith, on the 16th day of February, 1887, at the county of Davis…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
1. Bill of excepn™partUof record. The questions principally discussed upon this appeal cannot be considered here, for the reason that no valid bill of exceptions is found in the record. A paper purporting to be one is attached to the transcript, but it is conceded not to have been allowed and signed within the time prescribed by law. The case was tried and the verdict rendered at the March term, 1887, and motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and sentence pronounced on the 6th day of April, 1887. On April 7,…
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