Legal Opinion

State v. Whitaker

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1886PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from, Osborne District Court. On June 1, 1885, the following information—omitting court, title, and verification—was filed in the district court of’ Osborne county: “ I, the undersigned, county attorney of said county, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information that on the 19th day of May, 1885, in said county of Osborne and state of Kansas, one John R. Miller, John Cranshaw, and Albert Whitaker, did then and there unlawfully,…

Read the full summary

Appeal from, Osborne District Court. On June 1, 1885, the following information—omitting court, title, and verification—was filed in the district court of’ Osborne county: “ I, the undersigned, county attorney of said county, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information that on the 19th day of May, 1885, in said county of Osborne and state of Kansas, one John R. Miller, John Cranshaw, and Albert Whitaker, did then and there unlawfully, feloniously, purposely and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, make an assault in and upon one Delbert J.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

The information filed in this case charges John R. Miller with the murder of Delbert J. Tunison, and also charges John Cranshaw and Albeit Whitaker with having aided, abetted and assisted in the commission of the crime. *733John R. Miller was convicted of murder in the second degree, from which he appealed to this court. The opinion of this court was handed down, affirming that conviction. [The State v. Miller, ante, p. 328.)

Whitaker was convicted of murder in the first degree, at the October term of the district court of Osborne county for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1863
  2. State v. RoseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. LlamasSupreme Court of Kansas · 2013
  2. State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1893
  3. State v. LindgroveCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1895
  4. State v. BookerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
  5. Ft. Smith W. R. Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910

2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API