Johnson v. State

Metz, District Judge.

The alleged homicide out of which this proceeding in error arises took place near Green Mountain, in Fremont County, Wyoming, on the evening of August 20th or 21st, 1920, when one Nancy Wales was shot two or more times through the legs, between the ankles and knees, from the effects of which she died on August 25th, 1920. On August 25th, 1920, William D. Johnson filed a criminal complaint before the Justice of the Peace charging the defendant, Henry V. Johnson, Charles Coleman and Ray Thomas, with the crime of murder in the first degree. The defendants were arrested and…