State v. Jennings
Oregon Supreme Court
From Josephine: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Hailey. Jasper Jennings and bis sister Dora were jointly informed against by tbe District Attorney of tbe First Judicial District of this state for "the crime of murder in killing their father, Newton M. Jennings, on September 7, 1905, in Josephiné County, Oregon.
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From Josephine: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Hailey. Jasper Jennings and bis sister Dora were jointly informed against by tbe District Attorney of tbe First Judicial District of this state for "the crime of murder in killing their father, Newton M. Jennings, on September 7, 1905, in Josephiné County, Oregon. In January, 1906, lie was tried separately, convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be banged, and appeals to this court. . Five assignments of error are specified, and two of these can properly be considered as one. The record before ns is meager in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hailey
1. The record discloses that the deceased was shot during the night while in his bed in one corner of a small room in his home, and that his two daughters, Dora and a younger sister, occupied a bed in the opposite corner of the same room. L. B. Wicker-sham, one of the first persons to arrive at the house after the discovery of the homicide, was called as a witness for the state, and after testifying that “the corner of the room was spattered Avith blood,” was asked: “Was there anything in that to indicate the direction it traveled, or, taking the direction it traveled from his head, was there…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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