The American State Reports, Vol. 55

Download or read book The American State Reports, Vol. 55 written by A. C. Freeman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American State Reports, Vol. 55: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" And the "American Reports," Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States The killing was in the city of Girard, about 12 o'clock at night. On the next day, a justice of the peace, acting in the capacity Of coroner, proceeding according to the statute, held an inquest to ascertain if the deceased came to his death by the unlawful act of another, and, if such was the fact, who was the guilty agent. With others, the defendant was examined as a witness before the jury of inquest, and testified to his proximity to the place of killing at the time Of its occurrence, that he then had a pistol, and to the declaration Of the deceased that George Wilson shot him. The examination was reduced to writing and subscribed by the defendant, and its admission 3 in evidence against him on the trial is the matter Of the first exception. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.