State v. Ryan
Oregon Supreme Court
From Umatilla: Henry J. Bean, Judge. The defendant, Michael J. Ryan, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, having killed Henry E. Dixon, and having been convicted of manslaughter, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief. Justice Moore.
The defendant, Michael J. Ryan, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by killing Henry E. Dixon, and, having been convicted of manslaughter, he appeals. The theory of the State is that the defendant did not mean to slay Dixon, but that he intended to kill his victim’s employer, Jacob Shubert, towards whom he was embittered in consequence of the latter’s trespasses on his land.
It is deemed proper to describe the vicinity where the homicide occurred and to state the incidents that evidently induced it. It…
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