State v. Wilson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Union: John W. Knowles, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. The defendant, W. J. Wilson, was brought to trial in the circuit court upon an indictment, the charging part of which is as follows: “The said W. J. Wilson, on the 6th day of February, 1912, in the County of Union, and the State of Oregon, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously take, steal, and carry away in an office, to wit, the office of the Oregon-Wshaington Railroad & Navigation Company, a…
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From Union: John W. Knowles, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. The defendant, W. J. Wilson, was brought to trial in the circuit court upon an indictment, the charging part of which is as follows: “The said W. J. Wilson, on the 6th day of February, 1912, in the County of Union, and the State of Oregon, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously take, steal, and carry away in an office, to wit, the office of the Oregon-Wshaington Railroad & Navigation Company, a private corporation, at Union Station, said Union County, the following described personal property, then and there the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The theory of the prosecution, in support of which there was considerable testimony, is to the effect that *346the defendant was a telegraph operator who had been in the employ of the company at Union, Oregon, and had been discharged. Afterwards, however, he gained access to the tickets on sale to passengers, and without the knowledge or consent of the agent in charge at that point abstracted the ticket in question and another from the rack where they were kept and, taking the stamp used for that purpose, post-dated it and stamped the ticket on the back. In fact, he admitted in his own testimony…
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- Jolly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
- McCarty v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1890
- State v. MorrisOregon Supreme Court · 1911
- Commonwealth v. RandallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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- State v. TauscherOregon Supreme Court · 1961