Keffer v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Fremont Count)'-, Hon. Charles W. Bramel, Judge. James Keffer was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to suffer the death penalty. He prosecuted proceedings in error. The material ‘facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court, Fremont Count)'-, Hon. Charles W. Bramel, Judge. James Keffer was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to suffer the death penalty. He prosecuted proceedings in error. The material ‘facts are stated in the opinion. The motion for continuance should have been granted; there was no finding of lack of diligence, and subpoenas had been issued in ample time, and the defendant was justified in relying on the promises of the witnesses to attend the trial. (People v. Brown, 46 Cal., 103; People v. Dodg'e, 28 Cal., 445; Brown v. State, 65 Ga., 332; Corbin…
1Opinion of the Court
Corn, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in error was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. The defense was. that the accused was insane and not legally responsible at the time the deceased was slain.
The first error assigned is that the court improperly denied the application of the accused for a continuance. He sets out in his affidavit-that by reason of injuries received about the head some years before he had since been at times insane and, under certain circumstances, unconscious of his own acts and entirely irresponsible, giving the names of a number of witnesses by…
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