State v. Tennison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Johnson District Court. Lucy Tennison was charged with the murder of her husband J. D. Tennison, by means of poison. She was tried at the January term, 1889, found guilty as charged, and sentenced for murder in the first degree. She appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clcígston, C.:
The defendant was charged with the murder of her husband, J. I). Tennison, by means of poison, and was convicted of murder in the first degree upon that charge. Numerous errors are assigned in the record for reversal; but deeming the last one of the most importance, and of sufficient magnitude to require the reversal of the judgment, we shall not pass upon the other questions presented.
The defendant at the trial did not testify as a witness on her own behalf, and no confession of the commission of the offense charged was proven. John T. Burris, one of the counsel for…
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