State v. Peel
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Madison County/ M. II. Parker, Judge. Martin Peel was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Statement of the Case. The defendant herein was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the district" court of Madison county on December 16, 1898. Thereafter a motion for anew trial was made. This was heard and overruled on March 15, 1899. The court thereupon pronounced judgment fixing the death penalty.
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Appeal from District Court, Madison County/ M. II. Parker, Judge. Martin Peel was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Statement of the Case. The defendant herein was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the district" court of Madison county on December 16, 1898. Thereafter a motion for anew trial was made. This was heard and overruled on March 15, 1899. The court thereupon pronounced judgment fixing the death penalty. The main facts leading up to the homicide are the following: William Ennis, the deceased, lived at Ennis, a village in Madison county, and kept a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
1. During the selection of the jury, 12 men being in the box, and both parties having passed them for cause, counsel for state waived their fourth peremptory challenge. The defendant thereupon exhausted his seventh and eighth peremptory challenges, the box being filled again after each challenge. Both parties then having passed for cause, counsel for the state were permitted, over the objection of defendant, to peremptorily challenge one Connor, who was in the box at the time the state’s fourth challenge was waived. Connor was ordered to stand aside, and another juror was called to take his…
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