Legal Opinion

People of the Territory v. Thiede

Utah Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1895No. 567PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal From the District Court of the Third Judicial' District. Hon. George W. Barfcch, Judge. Charles Thiede was convicted of murder in the first degree. From the judgment entered and from an order overruling the motion for a new trial and in arrest of' judgment, he appeals.

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Appeal From the District Court of the Third Judicial' District. Hon. George W. Barfcch, Judge. Charles Thiede was convicted of murder in the first degree. From the judgment entered and from an order overruling the motion for a new trial and in arrest of' judgment, he appeals. The opinion states the facts except the record shows the following: At 12:30 A. m. defendant was asleep in his saloon and was awakened with difficulty by Trusk and Johnson, and at->;hat time he had no blood stains on his white shirt or vest and none on his hands. These two persons remained in the saloon until almost 1…

1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.

The defendant, Charles Thiede, was indicted for the' murder of his wife, and on the 21st day of October, 1894, was found guilty, and on the 5th of November, 1894, his. motion for new trial and arrest of judgment was overruled, and sentence of death was passed upon him. From the judgment and order overruling his motion, he appeals to-this court. The record discloses numerous assignments of errors, and, as defendant’s counsel urged each one with ability and great earnestness, not only in his brief, but in-his oral argument, and because of the importance of the-case, we feel that the points…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  4. Spies v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. Hopt v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1887

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  1. State v. MegordenOregon Supreme Court · 1907
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  5. State v. BleazardUtah Supreme Court · 1943

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