State v. Vaughan
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on verdict of murder in the first degree and order overruling motion for new trial, from District Court of Lander county; A. L. Fitzgerald, District -Judge. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The first point relied on by the appellant is: That the challenges to the jurors C. W. Hilkey, -John Tallack, D. McCloud, George Schutes, O. J. Heath and John Thorpe should have been allowed, and to deny either one was a fatal error.
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Appeal from judgment on verdict of murder in the first degree and order overruling motion for new trial, from District Court of Lander county; A. L. Fitzgerald, District -Judge. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The first point relied on by the appellant is: That the challenges to the jurors C. W. Hilkey, -John Tallack, D. McCloud, George Schutes, O. J. Heath and John Thorpe should have been allowed, and to deny either one was a fatal error. There are but two cases which we deem it necessary to cite in support of this contention: State v. McClear, 11 Nev. 39; State v. Murphy,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bigelow, C. J.:
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of William Litster, Jr. At the time of the homicide the defendant was 21 years of age, and the deceased 16. For some time prior to the killing, there had been trouble between the family of defendant and the family of deceased. This seems to have been greater between defendant and deceased than between the other members of the families, and was principally concerning the right to free passage through a ranch owned and possessed by the father' of deceased, situated in Boone Cañón, some four or…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Maher v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Manning v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Erwin v. StateOhio Supreme Court · 1876
- State v. LarkinNevada Supreme Court · 1876
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