State v. Hassing
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. The defendant, J. M. W. Hassing, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed upon the person of Edith Hassing, his wife. The defense, so far as disclosed by the appeal, was insanity.
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From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. The defendant, J. M. W. Hassing, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed upon the person of Edith Hassing, his wife. The defense, so far as disclosed by the appeal, was insanity. The defense offered in evidence a communication from the chief alienist of the public insane asylum, near Aarhus, Denmark, which appears to be a reply to an official letter of inquiry from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. This communication states that it is disclosed from the records of the asylum, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
1. There was no error in the ruling of the court, rejecting the communication of the chief ailenist of the insane asylum to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affiairs. Section 766, L. O. L., requires that foreign documents shall be proved “by the original or by a copy certified by the legal keeper thereof, together with a certificate under the great or principal seal of the country or sovereign thereof, that the document is a valid and subsisting document of such country, and that the copy is duly certified by the officer having the legal custody of such original.” No such certificate appears…
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