State v. Lindsey
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of tbe Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. The instructions referred to in the opinion read as follows: “The jury are instructed that if a person exposes or places poison in such a position that it is likely to be unconsciously or non-negligently taken by another person, either as food or drink, he or she is liable for the consequences.
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Appeal from the District Court of tbe Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. The instructions referred to in the opinion read as follows: “The jury are instructed that if a person exposes or places poison in such a position that it is likely to be unconsciously or non-negligently taken by another person, either as food or drink, he or she is liable for the consequences. And you are further instructed that if a person, in attempting to commit suicide, unlawfully kills another, such person is guilty of manslaughter. If you believe from the evidence in this case, beyond all reasonable doubt,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, J.; —
Appellant was indicted.for the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed by the administering of poison. The jury found her guilty of murder in the second degree..
I. It is argued in her behalf that the verdict is a verdict of acquittal; that the crime alleged in the indictment was murder in the first degree; that there is no such erime- under our statute as murder in the second degree for a-homicide committed by means of poison. The statute of this- state declares that “all murder which shall be perpetrated, by means of poison, lying in wait, torture, or by any…
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