State v. Miller
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Osborne District Court. Information for murder, charging John R. Miller with the murder of Delbert J. Tuuisou, on May 19,1885. At the September Term, 1885, the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years. Defendant appeals. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
On June 1, 1885, an information was filed in tbe district court of Osborne county, charging John R. Miller with the murder of Delbert J. Tunison, and also charging that John Cranshaw and Albert Whitaker aided and abetted Miller in the commission of the crime. At the trial, had the following September, a verdict was returned finding that John R. Miller was guilty of manslaughter in the fourth-degree. Upon his motion a new trial was granted, and immediately entered upon. This trial resulted in a conviction of murder in the second degree,…
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