Legal Opinion

Graves v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 15, 1893PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt

Josephine A. Barnaby died in the city of Denver upon the 19th day of April, 1891, under circumstances indicating that her death was caused by arsenical poisoning. Plaintiff in error, T. Thatcher Graves, was indicted for the murder of the deceased, convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced accordingly.

Mrs. Barnaby at the time of taking the supposed poison, which the evidence indicated produced death, was stopping temporarily with friends in the city of Denver. She had immediately prior to this been traveling in the state of California, and was then on her return to her' home in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. HaydenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  2. Clare v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1886
  3. Marion v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Bressler v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Gilpin v. GilpinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Lancaster v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  2. Oaks v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
  3. State v. BlydenburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  4. Myers v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1901
  5. Flum v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1923

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