Legal Opinion

Mahaffey v. Territory of Oklahoma

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 4, 1901PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error from the District Court of Garfield County; before John L. McAtee, Trial Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Hainer, J.:

The plaintiff in error, Edward Mahaffey, was indicted in Dewey county, Oklahoma, charged with the murder of William 0. McDonald, and upon application of the territory the venue of said cause 'was removed to Garfield county. The cause was thereafter tried in the district court of Garfield county and the jury returned a verdict against the plaintiff in error of manslaughter in the first degree. The court sentenced the plaintiff in error to the territorial penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, for a term of thirty years. The plaintiff in error brings the cause to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Beard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Cook v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. State v. BohanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  5. Kirk v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
  3. Collegenia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  5. Honnold v. Brd. of Com'rs Carter Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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