State v. Harrington
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The defendant is a competent witness for himself; and no inference of guilt is to be drawn against him, because he declines to testify. (1 Comp. L. 2305-6.) II. He cannot be made a witness for the state against himself. (The People v. Tyler, 36 Cal. 522; The People v. McGungill, 41 Cal. 429.) III.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The defendant is a competent witness for himself; and no inference of guilt is to be drawn against him, because he declines to testify. (1 Comp. L. 2305-6.) II. He cannot be made a witness for the state against himself. (The People v. Tyler, 36 Cal. 522; The People v. McGungill, 41 Cal. 429.) III. The fact that counsel for defendant made no objection at the time, to the argument of the district attorney, cannot affect the substantial rights of the defendant. (The State v.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Leonard, J.:
This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Storey county, rendered against appellant December 16, 1876, and from an order of said court denying his motion for a new trial. Appellant ivas accused and convicted of murder of the first degree in killing one John C. Sullivan, in said county, on or about July 22, 1876.
The record contains no formal motion for a new trial, nor are the grounds thereof embodied in the bill of exceptions; but all the errors alleged can be examined by this court on appeal from the judgment.
First. The bill of exceptions shows…
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