State v. Stackhouse
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Ellis District Court. Indictment for murder in the first degree, charging William Stackhouse with the felonious killing of Samuel P. Kipple, at the county of Ellis, on or about the 28th day of May, 1879. At the September Term, 1879, of the district court, Stackhouse was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a term of twelve years. He appeals to this court.
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Appeal from Ellis District Court. Indictment for murder in the first degree, charging William Stackhouse with the felonious killing of Samuel P. Kipple, at the county of Ellis, on or about the 28th day of May, 1879. At the September Term, 1879, of the district court, Stackhouse was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a term of twelve years. He appeals to this court. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the facts. 1. The indictment does not state facts sufficient to constitute the crime of murder or…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
In the court below, the appellant, William Stackhouse, being jointly indicted with his brother Charles, was placed upon his separate trial for the crime of murder in. the first degree. Upon the first trial the jury failed to agree, and upon the second trial, had at an adjourned session of the same term, the jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree. He made motions for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment, which motions being severally overruled by the court, he was sentenced to confinement at hard labor ■in the…
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