Perez v. Territory of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, in and for the County of Graham. Frederick S. Nave, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. The bitter denunciation of the defendants by the assistant district attorney was in effect an assault on the character of the defendants, and made an issue by the abuse and vituperation of said attorney, when defendants had not tendered such an issue by offering evidence of their good character.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, in and for the County of Graham. Frederick S. Nave, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. The bitter denunciation of the defendants by the assistant district attorney was in effect an assault on the character of the defendants, and made an issue by the abuse and vituperation of said attorney, when defendants had not tendered such an issue by offering evidence of their good character. State v. Kennedy, 177 Mo. 98, 75 S. W. 979; State v. Lapage, 57. N. H. 245, 24 Am.. Rep. 69; People v. Sharp, 107 N. Y. 427, 1…
1Opinion of the CourtDoan, J.
Marcos Perez and Eusabio Arbeso were in-dieted on the twenty-ninth day of October, 1907, for assault with intent to commit the crime of rape upon one Jesus Delgado. Upon a plea of “not guilty” they were tried jointly to a jury in the district court of Graham county, and on a verdict of guilty they were sentenced to imprisonment in the territorial prison. Prom the judgment of conviction and the order denying the motion for a new trial, the defendants appeal.
It is claimed by the appellants that the court erred in overruling defendants’ objections to abusive language of the assistant district…
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