Solander v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court, Boulder County. The indictment was for manslaughter, and contained three counts. In the first count, it was charged that the defendant caused the death of Fredericka Baum by the use of a bougie in and upon the body of the said Baum, she being- then pregnant with child. In the second count, it was charged that the death was caused by the use of an instrument unknown.
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Error to District Court, Boulder County. The indictment was for manslaughter, and contained three counts. In the first count, it was charged that the defendant caused the death of Fredericka Baum by the use of a bougie in and upon the body of the said Baum, she being- then pregnant with child. In the second count, it was charged that the death was caused by the use of an instrument unknown. In the third count, it was charged that the defendant administered to the said Baum a certain noxious and destructive substance called Grossypium, and other noxious and destructive substances, to the…
1Opinion of the CourtHallett, C. J.
The questions presented in this record may be conveniently discussed in the order in which they arose in the court below.
Under the amendatory act of 1872 (9 Sess. 120), relating to venue, the petitioner must set forth in his petition the fact or facts which justify and support his belief that he will not receive a fair trial in the court where the cause is pending, in order that the court may judge of the sufficiency of such facts. In the prior statute on the same subject (R. S. 634), certain causes are specified which shall be sufficient to warrant a change of venue, as that the judge is…
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- Freeman v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- People v. BodineCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- State v. HowardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1859
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- The People v. . DyleNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
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