State v. Larkin
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The indictment, after the- caption and heading, reads as follows: “Peter Larkin is accused by the grand jury of the county of Storey, by this indictment, of the crime of murder, committed as follows, to wit: that on or about 'the fourth day of August, a.d. 1875, and before the finding of this indictment, at the county of Storey and state of Nevada, he, the said Peter Larkin, with force of arms, in…
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The indictment, after the- caption and heading, reads as follows: “Peter Larkin is accused by the grand jury of the county of Storey, by this indictment, of the crime of murder, committed as follows, to wit: that on or about 'the fourth day of August, a.d. 1875, and before the finding of this indictment, at the county of Storey and state of Nevada, he, the said Peter Larkin, with force of arms, in and upon the body of one Daniel Corcoran, in the peace of said state, then and there being, willfully, feloniously, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, C. J.:
The defendant, Peter Larkin, was convicted of murder in the first degree.' He appeals from the judgment and from the order of the court overruling his motion for a new trial; also from the order of the court overruling his motion in arrest of judgment. Upon the day set for hearing the argu*321ment on appeal, lie moved this court for a writ of mandamus to compel tbe clerk of tbe district court to certify to tbis court tbe “minutes of the trial,” as kept by the reporter of the district court. The minutes of tbe -court show that on tbe first day of tbe trial of this cause,…
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