State v. Reddick
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Leavenworth Criminal Court. The defendant Reddick was charged by information with the crime of murder in' the first degree. There was only one count in the information, and in that he was charged with having “ u>_ .awfully, feloniously, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought,” killed and murdered one John T. Lykens. He was tried before a jury at the December Term, 1870, of the Criminal Court of Leavenworth county.
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Appeal from, Leavenworth Criminal Court. The defendant Reddick was charged by information with the crime of murder in' the first degree. There was only one count in the information, and in that he was charged with having “ u>_ .awfully, feloniously, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought,” killed and murdered one John T. Lykens. He was tried before a jury at the December Term, 1870, of the Criminal Court of Leavenworth county. The State called Joseph Anderson to testify regarding certain admissions made by defendant. Defendant objected, alleging that such…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
The appellant was tried for murder at the December Term of the Criminal Court of Leavenworth county, and sentence of death was pronounced upon him by the court. In bringing the record to this court, his counsel urges many errors, which will be considered in their order, so far as they are deemed important.
i. Admissions; bie I. It is claimed that the testimony of Joseph Anderson, as to certain statements made to him by the prisoner was improperly admitted, because when such statements were made the appellant was in custody of an officer,…
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