Legal Opinion

State v. Tickel

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1878No. 916PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Eureka County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Depositions taken in a criminal case on preliminary examinations, prove that the testimony which purports to have been given, in fact, was given. The only point open to denial is the identity of the person making the deposition. (Eoscoe’s Crim.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Eureka County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Depositions taken in a criminal case on preliminary examinations, prove that the testimony which purports to have been given, in fact, was given. The only point open to denial is the identity of the person making the deposition. (Eoscoe’s Crim. Evid. 73; Bex v. Wylde, 6 Carr. & Payne, 380; 25 E. C. L. 346, cited Eoscoe, 816, 817; Bex v. Thornton, cited 2 Eussell on Or. 894 in notes; 2 Phill. Ev. 235-37; 1 Green. Ev., secs. 227, 275, 277.) The depositions, when returned to the…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Leonard, J.:

Appellant wa.s indicted for an alleged assault with intent to kill one Hugh Kelly. The result of his trial was a conviction for an assault with a deadly Aveapon with intent to inflict upon the person of said Kelly a bodily injury. This appeal is from the judgment, and from an order overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial.

There wa.s evidence on behalf of the state tending to prove that on the morning of the ninth day of February, 1877, at about eleven o’clock A. m., at Buby hill, in Eureka county, appellant and one Hugh Kelly became engaged in a controversy which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McMinn v. WhelanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  2. Lightfoot v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Newcomb v. . GriswoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  4. Gaffney v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  5. State v. HarkinNevada Supreme Court · 1872

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  2. State v. Ah ChueyNevada Supreme Court · 1879
  3. State v. PettyNevada Supreme Court · 1910
  4. State v. ScottNevada Supreme Court · 1914
  5. State v. WardIdaho Supreme Court · 1931

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