State v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Allen District Court. At the March Term, 1880, of the district court, William Jennings was tried upon an information charging him with murder in the first degree in killing one Herschel McLaughlin, 'in Allen county, on or about the 12th day of December, 1879. The jury returned a verdict in the following form, to wit: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty in manner and form as charged in the information.”
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Appeal from Allen District Court. At the March Term, 1880, of the district court, William Jennings was tried upon an information charging him with murder in the first degree in killing one Herschel McLaughlin, 'in Allen county, on or about the 12th day of December, 1879. The jury returned a verdict in the following form, to wit: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty in manner and form as charged in the information.” The court sentenced the defendant as for murder in the first degree. From this sentence he appealed to this court. September 20,1880, the case was argued and submitted, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This case was originally submitted to this court on the written briefs of counsel, without any oral argument being made. The brief for the state is immaterial. The briefs for the defendant are as follows (court and title-omitted ):
“Defendant was sentenced as for murder in the first degree,, on a verdict of ‘guilty as charged.’ We cite 8 Kas. 447, but more especially 7 Kas. 143, as conclusive. The defendant has already had a valid trial, and the verdict is not a nullity. It will support a sentence. Otherwise, habeas eorpus would lie.
“We…
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