State v. Warren
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. The defendant James L. Warren was convicted of murder in the second degree upon an information charging him with murder in the first, and appeals from a judgment of life imprisonment. On the morning of January 24, 1900, shortly after 9 o’clock, William Kirk, the mate of the ship Clarence S. Bement, was found in his room, situated on the port side of the ship, with a contusion upon the left side of his head, and his skull fractured.
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From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. The defendant James L. Warren was convicted of murder in the second degree upon an information charging him with murder in the first, and appeals from a judgment of life imprisonment. On the morning of January 24, 1900, shortly after 9 o’clock, William Kirk, the mate of the ship Clarence S. Bement, was found in his room, situated on the port side of the ship, with a contusion upon the left side of his head, and his skull fractured. The wound had been produced by some heavy instrument having a slight projection or flange on the end, making a T-shaped…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolveeton
1. This resume contains the chief features of the evidence going to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime charged. When the state rested, the defense moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict of acquittal, and the denial of such motion constitutes one of the assignments of error. If there was evidence in the case fairly tending to show the defendant’s guilt, it was properly submitted to the jury. To justify an instruction to acquit, there must be a total failure of proof, or it must be so weak that a verdict based upon it would manifestly be the result of…
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