State v. Furney
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Morris District Court. Prosecution for murder. The appellants William Furney, Martin Biglin and James Furney were charged with stabbing and killing Calvin Cooper on November 24, 1886, in Morris county. Trial was had in the district court of that county, at the November term, 1887, and the defendants were each convicted of murder in the second degree, and each was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years in the penitentiary of the state. They appeal.
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Appeal from Morris District Court. Prosecution for murder. The appellants William Furney, Martin Biglin and James Furney were charged with stabbing and killing Calvin Cooper on November 24, 1886, in Morris county. Trial was had in the district court of that county, at the November term, 1887, and the defendants were each convicted of murder in the second degree, and each was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years in the penitentiary of the state. They appeal. The opinion states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
1-^en^uf“n’ The first question raised is as to the sufficiency of the information. The motion to quash the same was overruled. We have carefully examined the information, and the objections urged against it, and are clearly of the opinion that the information contains a sufficient statement of facts to constitute the crime of murder. It is true the information contains much that might have been stricken out, and it is open to the objection that it does not in plain and concise language, without repetition, set forth the charge; but this is not such a defect as will…
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