State v. Jennings
Oregon Supreme Court
From Josephine: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Hailey. Jasper Jennings and bis sister Dora were jointly informed against by tbe District Attorney of tbe First Judicial District of this state for "the crime of murder in killing their father, Newton M. Jennings, on September 7, 1905, in Josephiné County, Oregon.
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From Josephine: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Hailey. Jasper Jennings and bis sister Dora were jointly informed against by tbe District Attorney of tbe First Judicial District of this state for "the crime of murder in killing their father, Newton M. Jennings, on September 7, 1905, in Josephiné County, Oregon. In January, 1906, lie was tried separately, convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be banged, and appeals to this court. . Five assignments of error are specified, and two of these can properly be considered as one. The record before ns is meager in…
1Opinion
On Motion eor Rehearing.
2Per curiam
9. Since the decision of this case, and within the time to petition for rehearing, as extended on application of the state, there has been filed, without leave of the court, what is asserted to be an amended bill of exceptions, but which is subsantially a new bill; and it is insisted that it now appears that the error discussed in the briefs and at the argument, and upon which the case was decided, ivas harmless. It is not claimed that the original bill was erroneous in any particular, or did not state the truth, but only that it did not state facts sufficiently in *494deta…
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