State v. Pennington
Supreme Court of Minnesota
James B. Pennington and Peter Rauslange were indicted by the grand jury of Anoka county charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, tried in the district court for that county before Giddings, J., and a jury and convicted of murder in the second degree. From an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants took separate appeals. Affirmed as to defendant Rauslange.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Early on October 25, 1918, a man was found dead at a haystack within less than a mile from the easterly city limits of Anoka. The haystack was about 70 feet north of a road running east and west called Main street road. The ground indicated a struggle and the crushed skull clearly proved that some one had inflicted a fatal wound. J. B. Pennington, Peter Eauslange and Lorenz Stoppler were indicted, and the two first named, tried together, were convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced. Each appeals from the order denjdng his separate motion for a new trial.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rosemond v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- State v. SheaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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- State v. DolliverSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923