State v. McPherson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Ensign, J., denying his motion for a new trial after conviction of murder in the second degree.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
*499The homicide was admitted, and the sdle question on the trial was whether it was justifiable. Defendant and Otto Drey, the deceased, were firemen on the steamboat North Lake, which was tied up to a dock in the Duluth harbor. They were friends and companions. Defendant shot Drey in the bunk room, where both slept. There was no eyewitness’to the shooting, except defendant. The men had been drinking''during the 'morning. Drey had- become incensed at certain actions of defendant in a Saloon…
2Cited by14 opinions
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