Queenan v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
delivered the opiniqn of the court.
This is an indictment for murder upon which the plaintiff in error.has been found guilty, and has been sentenced to be hanged. It comes here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma, that court having decided that there was nq error in the proceedings ahd having affirmed the judgment. 11 Oklahoma, 261. The errors, assigned will be taken up in the order in which they were argued. a
1. The only defence was insanity. A lawyer, called as a witness for the defendant, stated that he knew the prisoner quite well-; that the prisoner was his…
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