State v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Criminal Court of Leavenworth. William Dickson was charged by information filed in the criminal court of Leavenworth county, with the Mlling of one Jacob Barnett on the 10th of March, 1870, under such circumstances as to constitute murder in the first degree. At the June Term, 1870, of said court, he was arraigned for trial, and pleaded not guilty.
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Appeal from Criminal Court of Leavenworth. William Dickson was charged by information filed in the criminal court of Leavenworth county, with the Mlling of one Jacob Barnett on the 10th of March, 1870, under such circumstances as to constitute murder in the first degree. At the June Term, 1870, of said court, he was arraigned for trial, and pleaded not guilty. He then applied to the court for a continuance until the next term, and in support of such application he made and submitted an affidavit alleging that one J. S., then in the State of Texas, place unknown, was a material witness for…
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
Sarrord, J.:
i tp.hi, -con The question first presented for the consideration of the court upon the argument of this case, was PracticaI1y decided in the ease of Thompson v. The State, 5 Kas., 159. But notwithstanding such previous determination, and owing to the importance of the question made, as bearing upon the case at bar, it has been deemed the duty of the court to review the whole matter, and with especial reference to the authorities cited and the arguments submitted by appellant’s counsel, as sustaining the positions-they have assumed. This has…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1869
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