Boulter v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for the County of Laramie, Hon. Richard H. Soott, Judge. Collingwood Boulter was convicted of manslaughter, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of six years. He prosecuted error. There was no bill of exceptions. The material facts are stated in the opinion. It was error to permit the indorsement of the names of witnesses upon the information after the commencement of the trial.
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ERROR to the District Court for the County of Laramie, Hon. Richard H. Soott, Judge. Collingwood Boulter was convicted of manslaughter, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of six years. He prosecuted error. There was no bill of exceptions. The material facts are stated in the opinion. It was error to permit the indorsement of the names of witnesses upon the information after the commencement of the trial. (Const., Art. 1, Sec. 10; Stevens v. State, 19 Neb., 648; Gates v. People, 14 Ill., 435; Gardiner v. People, 3 Scam. Ill., 89; Parks v. State, 20 Neb., 516;…
1Opinion of the Court
Giioesbeok:, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in error was found guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the district court for Laramie County, and on the 16th day of March, 1895, was sentenced by said court to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of six years. The petition in error assigns twenty-eight grounds of error,— assailing the verdict of the jury on the ground that it is not sustained by sufficient evidence and is contrary to law; that the trial court erred in giving certain instructions to the jury requested by the prosecution; in refusing to give an instruction asked for by the…
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