Freidrich v. Territory of Washington
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, King Comity. Trial of Albert Freidrich for murder upon an indictment as follows: “Albert Freidrich is accused by the grand jury of the Territory of Washington for the counties of King and Kit-sap, in the third judicial district of said territory, by this indictment, of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed as follows: The said Albert Freidrich, on the 14th day of July, 1887, in the county of King, in the district aforesaid, purposely,…
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Appeal from District Court, King Comity. Trial of Albert Freidrich for murder upon an indictment as follows: “Albert Freidrich is accused by the grand jury of the Territory of Washington for the counties of King and Kit-sap, in the third judicial district of said territory, by this indictment, of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed as follows: The said Albert Freidrich, on the 14th day of July, 1887, in the county of King, in the district aforesaid, purposely, and of his deliberate and premeditated malice, killed one John Scherbring, then and there being, by then and there…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
— The indictment was sufficient to charge the defendant with the crime of murder in the first degree. Leonard v. Territory, 2 Wash. T. 381 (7 Pac. Rep. 872); Timmerman v. Territory, 3 Wash. T. 445 (17 Pac. Rep. 624).
*362The appellant and the deceased had been close friends, and. spent the day of July 14, 1887, in Seattle and its suburbs. They had carried beer out with them, and drank freely of it. About sunset they walked out on the Grant street bridge, and stopped for a short while at a saloon on the bridge. There they had a glass or two of…
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