John v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for the County of Sweet-water. Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge of First Judicial District, presiding. William E. John was convicted of the crime of kidnapping, and prosecuted error. The material facts are-stated in the opinion. It is the province of the judge to determine the admissibility of confessions (Whar. Cr. Ev., 689; 1 Greenl.. Ev., 219; 3 Am. & Eng. Ency. L., 464; Com. v. Preece, 140 Mass., 276; Proffatton Jur.
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ERROR to the District Court for the County of Sweet-water. Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge of First Judicial District, presiding. William E. John was convicted of the crime of kidnapping, and prosecuted error. The material facts are-stated in the opinion. It is the province of the judge to determine the admissibility of confessions (Whar. Cr. Ev., 689; 1 Greenl.. Ev., 219; 3 Am. & Eng. Ency. L., 464; Com. v. Preece, 140 Mass., 276; Proffatton Jur. Tr.). Unless voluntary they should be excluded. (Com. v. Preece, supra; Williams v. State, 72 Miss., 117; 3 Am. & Eng. Ency. L., 449; People v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
William E. John, the plaintiff in error,- was charged by information with unlawfully and feloniously, forcibly and fraudulently carrying away from her place of residence one Jennie John, her place of residence then and there being in the town of Bock Springs, in the county of Sweet-water, and it was alleged that the same was not done in pursuance of the laws of the State of Wyoming, nor in pursuance of the laws of the United States. A plea of not guilty was entered, and upon trial the plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the…
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