Legal Opinion

State v. Bohan

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1877PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Appeal from Saline District Court. Information for murder, charging Bohan with the felonious killing of Thomas Anderson, at the county of Saline, in November 1874. Bohan was tried at the March Term 1875 of the district court, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years. On his appeal to this court, such sentence was set aside, and a new trial granted.

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Appeal from Saline District Court. Information for murder, charging Bohan with the felonious killing of Thomas Anderson, at the county of Saline, in November 1874. Bohan was tried at the March Term 1875 of the district court, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years. On his appeal to this court, such sentence was set aside, and a new trial granted. (15 Kas. 407 to 419.) A second trial was had at the February Term 1876 of the district court. Bohan was again convicted of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

The appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, at the February term for 1876 of the district court of Saline county, and now appeals to this court. This is the second time the case has been brought here. (The State v. Bohan, 15 Kas. 407.)

1ion.“settle?"

*48BsetHeafcabte 2’5^totueteno? to be waived. *47At the outset, objections are presented to this court by the counsel of the state to the record on file; and the first question in the case is, as to what portion of the record, if any, is legally before this court, and what alleged…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. City of Emporia v. VolmerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  2. Cohen v. TrowbridgeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
  3. State v. JefforsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
  4. State v. DicksonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1863

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  3. State v. KeehnSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
  4. Housh v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Harrington v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918

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