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State v. Southmayd

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 27, 1916No. File No. 3707PublishedCited by 15 opinions

■Appeal from 'Circuit Court, Meade County. Hon. Wiuuiam G. Rice, Judge. The defendant, Edwin Southmayd, was -convicted) of murder, and from a judgment of conviction, and an order denying a new trial, he appeals. (1) To point one of the opinion, Appellant cited.

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■Appeal from 'Circuit Court, Meade County. Hon. Wiuuiam G. Rice, Judge. The defendant, Edwin Southmayd, was -convicted) of murder, and from a judgment of conviction, and an order denying a new trial, he appeals. (1) To point one of the opinion, Appellant cited. State v. Redd'ington, 64 N. W. 170; 'Com. v. People, 99 Ill. 368; State v. Jackson, 9 Ore. 457; People v. Bernell, 10 Cal. 67; Donnelley v. Territory, 52 Pac. 368, 5 Ariz. 291; State v. King, 117 Iowa, 484, 91 N. W. 768; State v. Michael, 37 W. A. 565, 16 S. E'. 803; Hughes v. Railway Co., (Mich.) 31 N. W. 605. Respondent cited: State…

1Opinion of the CourtGates, J.

The ¡defendant was convicted of the murder of his wife. Erom the judgment and an order denying a new trial, he appeals.

On the evening of June 9, 1912, defendant went to the home of a neighbor and said that his- wife had shot -herself. Pie took several of the neighbors 'back to his -home, where they found the wife dead in bed. He said that he had been out after the cows and upon his return he had found her thus. An. investigation revealed that the death of die wife had occurred in a field some distance from the house. Upon the witness stand defendant testified that he took the children,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. People v. Sing YowCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  3. State v. ReddingtonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Patterson v. CollierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  5. Fowler v. Iowa Land Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1904

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. AndersonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. CadySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  3. State v. WeisensteinSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  4. State v. LutheranSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Island v. HelmerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1935

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