State v. Crocker
Wyoming Supreme Court
RESERVED questions from the District Court for TJinta County, Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge; Application for hail by Edwin S. Crocker, charged by indictment with the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction of cases on reserved questions (L. 1888, p. 140; Const., Art. 5, sec. 2). The general superintending control granted the court is something additional to its appellate jurisdiction.
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RESERVED questions from the District Court for TJinta County, Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge; Application for hail by Edwin S. Crocker, charged by indictment with the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction of cases on reserved questions (L. 1888, p. 140; Const., Art. 5, sec. 2). The general superintending control granted the court is something additional to its appellate jurisdiction. It is different from the issuing of writs in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. Since the admission of .the State the statute authorizing the…
1Opinion of the Court
- Pottee, Justice.
Edwin S. Crocker stands indicted in the district court of Uinta County for the murder of Harvey Booth. The indictment charges murder in the first degree, which is a capital offense. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and was-remanded to the custody of the sheriff and is confined in the jail of said county. On April 19, 1895, the defendant'made a written application to the court for admission to hail, alleging as grounds or reasons therefor that the case had been continued for the term; that such continuance was occasioned by the fact that the regular panel of the petit…
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