State v. Simpson
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of tbe Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Peter J. Somers, Judge. J. W. Simpson was convicted of housebreaking,' and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The court erred in admitting over defendant’s objection and exception, incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial evidence, which evidence, so admitted, was prejudicial to the rights of the defendant.
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Appeal from the District Court of tbe Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Peter J. Somers, Judge. J. W. Simpson was convicted of housebreaking,' and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The court erred in admitting over defendant’s objection and exception, incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial evidence, which evidence, so admitted, was prejudicial to the rights of the defendant. Under this heading we refer particularly to testimony admitted in reference to property found upon the defendant at the time he was searched by the jailer,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, C. J.:
The appellant was convicted of the crime of housebreaking upon an indictment charging that the said defendant on the 18th clay of July, 1908, or thereabouts, at the County of Esmeralda, did then and there in the daytime enter the dwelling-house of John Doyle, and occupied by said John Doyle, with the intent then and there, and in said dwelling-house, to steal the goods and chattels of the said John Doyle situate and being therein. From the judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion for a new trial, the said Simpson appeals.
There was proof showing, or…
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