Ross v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Weston County, Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge of the Third District, presiding. Francis E. Ross was informed against for murder in the first degree, being charged with having killed Amos Robinson, at Buelah, in Crook County, 'on the night of June 21, 1896. The case was tried in Weston County upon change of venue, and the defendant convicted of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and prosecuted error.
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Error to the District Court, Weston County, Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge of the Third District, presiding. Francis E. Ross was informed against for murder in the first degree, being charged with having killed Amos Robinson, at Buelah, in Crook County, 'on the night of June 21, 1896. The case was tried in Weston County upon change of venue, and the defendant convicted of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and prosecuted error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Mr. Nichols, as a member of the Legislature, was inél-ligible to be appointed to the…
1Opinion of the Court
CoRN, Justice.
The defendant (plaintiff in error) was charged with murder in the first degree in the killing of Amos Robinson, at Beulah, in Crook County, on the night of June 21, 1896. The case was tried in Weston County, on change of venue, the defendant convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Numerous errors are assigned upon the record in this court, but a number of them were not brought to the attention of the trial court by the motion for a new trial, and will not be considered.
Objection was made to Mr. Nichols acting as one of the attorneys…
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