Legal Opinion
Territory of New Mexico v. Douglas
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1912No. 1423PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Union County, before Clarence J. Roberts, Associate Justice. No error committed by the lower court in its instructions 5, 10, 12 and 13. 1 Bishop’s New Criminal Law, See. 639; U. S. v. 18, Barrels, etc., 8 Blatehf. 478; 2 Wig-more on Evidence, sec. 952. Error in giving instructions 10 and 12. 2 Wigmore on. Evidence, sec. 952; Atherton v. Defreeze, 129 Mich. 364.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
MECHEM., D. J.
The appellant ivas convicted of unlawfully killing one head of neat cattle. He assigns error to the tenth paragraph of the charge to the jury which reads as follows:
“If verbal admissions of conversations have been testified to in this ease, it is proper for you in weighing such testimony, to take into consideration the imperfections, if they -exist, which naturally belong to such testimony. You may ■consider whether or not the conversations or admissions have been accurately heard or remembered and correctly detailed; the length of time that has intervened…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kauffman v. MaierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Garfield v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Unruh v. State ex rel. BaumIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- In re Estate of RichardsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Castleman v. SherryTexas Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. WiseNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. SolizNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- C. W. Kettering Mercantile Co. v. SheppardNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1914