State v. Parsons
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The appellants, E. B. Parsons, Tilton Cockerell and John Squires, together with A. J. Davis, J. O. Roberts, James Gilchrist, R. A. Jones and J. E., Chapman, were indicted at the November term, 1870, of the District Court for Washoe County, for the crime of robbing Frank C. Minskull, express messenger of Wells, Fargo & Co., of 141,485. Upon arraignment, Jones pleaded guilty, and afterwards Davis…
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The appellants, E. B. Parsons, Tilton Cockerell and John Squires, together with A. J. Davis, J. O. Roberts, James Gilchrist, R. A. Jones and J. E., Chapman, were indicted at the November term, 1870, of the District Court for Washoe County, for the crime of robbing Frank C. Minskull, express messenger of Wells, Fargo & Co., of 141,485. Upon arraignment, Jones pleaded guilty, and afterwards Davis did the same. The appellants first demurred to the indictment, as did also Chapman, and after demurrer overruled, pleaded…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Garber, J.:
The first point made by appellants is, that the indictment chai’ges more than one offence. The same question, on the same indictment, was made and disposed of in State v. Chapman, 6 Nev. 325.
*60It is assigned for error, that a portion of the testimony of Gilchrist, a witness for the prosecution, was given during the absence of one of the jurors. But it clearly appears from the record, that the testimony so given was immaterial, and that, as soon as the attention of the court was called to the. fact of the absence of the juror, the same testimony was repeated to the twelve…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. ChapmanNevada Supreme Court · 1871
- Sherwood v. SissaNevada Supreme Court · 1870
3Cited by3 opinions
- Christensen v. Floriston Pulp & Paper Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. CampbellNevada Supreme Court · 1888
- Parsons v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1958