State v. Harmon
Delaware Court of Oyer and Terminer
the prisoner, John Harmon, a colored man, was tried upon an indictment charging murdér of the first degree. The facts are stated in the charge.
1Opinion of the Court
Pennewill, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—John Harmon, the prisoner, is charged with the crime of murder of the first degree. It is contended by the state that the prisoner on the fourth day of July last in the Town- of Réhoboth, in this county, without cause, justification or excuse, cut and stabbed one Thomas Rickits in a quarrel or fight resulting from a game of crap, and that as a result of said cutting Rickits died some days thereafter of tetanus or lockjaw.
[1] We may say in this connection that if the lockjaw which it is alleged was the direct cause of Rickits’ death…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BrooksDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hall v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1928
- State v. LynchDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1925
- State v. VerderamoNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1915