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State v. Louie Hing

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 1915PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. Louie Hing was indicted for murder in the second degree on account of the killing of Lum Fong. A trial resulted in a verdict finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter.

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From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. Louie Hing was indicted for murder in the second degree on account of the killing of Lum Fong. A trial resulted in a verdict finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter. It is related in the bill of exceptions that three Chinese witnesses, Seid Jan, Ju Foo and Chin Sing, in support of the indictment, testified that on the night of March 16, 1913, the defendant, accompanied by another Chinese, entered a store conducted by the deceased at 81 Second Street, in Portland; that, Louie Hing having asked Lum Fong for 5 cents…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris

1. The defendant excepted to the introduction of an uncertified paper which purports to show that, when arraigned, he stated his true name to be Gung Shing. E. P. Mahaffie, after stating that he was deputy county clerk, and as such had charge of the Circuit Court *465work, including the criminal business, testified that the paper was made up in the office of the county clerk and constitutes tbe clerk’s memorandum, which, is entered in the journal; that it had been the custom of the deputy clerk in the criminal department to make notes of what was done in a case, and afterward to deliver the notes…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. RaderOregon Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Carney v. DuniwayOregon Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Sheppard v. YocumOregon Supreme Court · 1882
  4. State v. MagersOregon Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Osmun v. WintersOregon Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1970
  2. Kirby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
  3. State v. JohnstonOregon Supreme Court · 1933
  4. State v. AllenOregon Supreme Court · 1976
  5. State v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976

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