State v. Roberts
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The defendant, together with one Charles Beaver, was indicted for robbing Walter M. Thomas of $93 in coin on January 31, 1871. The cause was to have regularly come on for trial at the June term, 1871, of the district court at Reno.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The defendant, together with one Charles Beaver, was indicted for robbing Walter M. Thomas of $93 in coin on January 31, 1871. The cause was to have regularly come on for trial at the June term, 1871, of the district court at Reno. It was called and the trial proceeded on July 10. On motion of the district attorney, Beaver was discharged on the understanding that he was to be used as a witness for the State; and Roberts was conyicted of robbery as charged and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for the…
1Opinion of the Court
*241By the Court,
Belknap, J.:
The legislature of the State of Nevada at its fourth session appointed the first Monday in 'January, June and October as the days for the commencement of the terms of the district court in the County of Washoe. The district judge did not appear at Reno, the county seat, for the purpose of holding the June term of court until the twenty-second day of June; nor was there any pretense to adjourn court at any time prior to that date in compliance with the provisions of section 52 of the act concerning courts of justice and judicial officers, as amended March 5, 1869. At…
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