State v. Tennison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Johnson District Court. Prosecution for murder in the first degree. On November 14, 1887, the court sustained defendant’s motion to quash the information filed against her, and thereupon discharged the defendant. The State appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
On August 19, 1887, the county attorney of Johnson county filed an information in the district court, charging Lucy Tennison with the murder of her husband, J. D. Tennison, by administering to him a deadly poison in his food and medicine, between the 5th day of May, 1887, and the 18th day of June, of the same year. On the 14th day of November, 1887, the defendant filed a motion to quash the information, on the ground, among others, that she had had no preliminary examination, although she had not waived the same, and was not a fugitive…
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