Legal Opinion

State v. Brooks

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 13, 1899No. 1,413PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from. District Court, Yellowstone County; C. H. Loud, Judge. Dependant, William C. Brooks, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. The court’s action and ruling regarding the admission of evidence was clearly erroneous under the following authorities: State v. Mewherter, 46 la. 88; State v. Hays, 22 La. Ann. 39; State v. Hell/y, 57 N. H. 549; State v. Bauerman (Kas.), 53 Pac. Bep. 874; State v. Brooks, 4 Wash. 328; State v. Hurst (Idaho), 39 Pac.

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1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt

Defendant, William C. Brooks, was convicted of murder in the first degree, for the killing of Jennie Brooks. He appeals from the judgment sentencing him to death, and from the order of the district court denying his motion for a new trial.

The evidence of the state disclosed these material facts: Jennie Brooks was the wife of the defendant. The couple had not lived together for some time. On November 18, 1898, between á and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, a cry of murder was heard in the neighborhood where Mrs. Brooks lived. Defendant was seen running, at the time this cry was heard, across the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
State v. Albert & Charles TalbottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
Arnold v. SkaggsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
Guiteau's CaseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1882
State v. SloanMontana Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by26 opinions

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