State v. Dewey
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. TP. O. Loofbourow, Judge. .Elmer L. Dewey was convicted of first degree murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, J.
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder, sentenced to life imprisonment, and' appeals. The principal questions relate to the court’s charge.
The defendant is about twenty-seven years of age. At the time of the homicide he was in the employ of the Pinkerton Agency as a detective. He had been married three or four years. For a year or more prior to the homicide, he and his wife had considerable trouble and numerous quarrels, chiefly on account of attentions the defendant claimed other men gave his wife. They roomed at hotels and apartments, separated several times, reunited, and again…
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- Kennison v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1908
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