Blair v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court A Caddo County; Frank M. Bailey. Judge. Joseph. A. Blair was tried for the murder of one Joseph Kearns, and was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. From an order overruling a motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, “he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BICHABDSON, Judge.
Before entering his plea, plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, filed a demurrer to the information alleging that the same did not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense. The information charged that the defendant “did then and there commit the crime of murder by then and there unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously, without authority of law, and with a premeditated design then and- there to effect the death of one Joseph Kearns, shoot and discharge leaden-bullets into the body of him, the said Joseph Kearns, from a certain loaded shotgun, which…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Canard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Kelly v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Stack v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
- Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
- Holt v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
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3Cited by41 opinions
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