Legal Opinion

State v. Evans

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 16, 1903No. Nos. 13,116-(16)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Itamsey county, Bunn, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of swindling.

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.

The defendant, Evans, jointly with Fay and Cartney, was indicted for swindling, under the provisions of G. S. 1894, § 6595. He demanded a separate trial, and was found guilty as charged.

Upon appeal a large number of assignments of error are presented for our consideration. Some of them are cumulative, and others need not be mentioned. All may be placed under four distinct heads: First, abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court in refusing to find as true the defendant’s challenges of actual bias, interposed, as they were called, to five of the jurors; second, that the indictment did…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. DurnamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
  2. State v. MimsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
  3. State v. GraySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
  4. State v. FeldmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
  3. State v. DunnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  4. State v. BinderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
  5. State v. BlySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

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