State v. Anderson

Decision Date21 November 1898
Citation20 Wash. 193,55 P. 39
PartiesSTATE v. ANDERSON.
CourtWashington Supreme Court

Appeal from superior court, Chehalis county; Charles W. Hodgdon Judge.

W. H Anderson was convicted of burglary, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Geo. D Schofield, for appellant.

W. H. Abel, for the State.

GORDON J.

The defendant was convicted in the superior court for Chehalis county of the crime of burglary, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. He has appealed.

Respondent has moved to strike from the transcript certain affidavits which purport to have been submitted to the trial court in support of defendant's motion for a new trial, but which were not incorporated in any bill of exceptions or statement of facts. The motion must prevail. State v. Howard, 15 Wash. 425, 46 P. 650; Clay v. Irrigation Co., 14 Wash. 545, 45 P. 141.

It is urged in appellant's brief that the prosecution should have been by indictment, and not by information; and, in support of this position, appellant contends that there is nothing upon the face of the record disclosing that the grand jury was not in session at the time the information was filed. The defendant did not move against the information in the lower court, nor make any objection thereto, prior to entering his plea of not guilty; and it does not affirmatively appear that the court erred in overruling his objection to the introduction of testimony.

Nor did the court err in permitting the prosecuting witness, and also the witness Beamer, upon redirect examination, to testify to an altercation occurring between appellant and the prosecuting witness some months prior to the alleged burglary, for the reason that the appellant himself had introduced the subject in his cross-examination of these witnesses.

It is asserted that, at the close of the argument made by the state's attorney, demonstrations of approval were made by persons present in the court room, and that this tended to the prejudice of the defendant; but it does not appear from the statement of facts what the demonstrations were, nor does it appear that the court was requested to take any action thereon.

Appellant complains of various instructions given to the jury, and also the court's refusal to give certain instructions requested by him; but no exceptions appear to have been taken, either to the charge as given, or to the refusal to charge as requested; hence the record in this...

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  • State v. Louie
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • 7 Abril 1966
    ...defendant should be granted a new trial. ROSELLINI, C.J., concurs. 1 State v. Williams, 13 Wash. 335, 43 P. 15 (1895); State v. Anderson, 20 Wash. 193, 55 P. 39 (1898); State v. Mitchell, 32 Wash. 64, 72 P. 707 (1903); State v. Fillpot, 51 Wash. 223, 98 P. 659 (1908); State v. Lewis, 65 Was......
  • State v. Tyler
    • United States
    • Washington Court of Appeals
    • 4 Diciembre 2003
    ...48 P.2d 262 (1935); State v. Ward, 144 Wash. 337, 258 P. 22 (1927); State v. Hempke, 121 Wash. 226, 209 P. 10 (1922); State v. Anderson, 20 Wash. 193, 55 P. 39 (1898)). A party opens the door when it introduces inadmissible evidence in direct or cross-examination. 5 Karl B. Tegland, Washing......
  • State v. Gefeller
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • 31 Julio 1969
    ...48 P.2d 262 (1935); State v. Ward, 144 Wash. 337, 258 P. 22 (1927); State v. Hempke, 121 Wash. 226, 209 P. 10 (1922); State v. Anderson, 20 Wash. 193, 55 P. 39 (1898). Defendant, citing State v. Emmanuel, 42 Wash.2d 1, 253 P.2d 386 (1953), directs his third assignment of error to the prosec......
  • State v. Wood
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • 2 Diciembre 1903
    ... ... way. Affidavits, like all other evidence introduced at the ... trial of the cause, must be brought into this court by a bill ... of exceptions or a statement of facts, and this is the rule ... in criminal as well as in civil cases. State v ... Anderson, 20 Wash. 193, 55 P. 39; Chevalier & Co. v ... Wilson, 30 Wash. 227, 70 P. 487. But, while the record ... brought here by the appellant fails to present the question ... suggested by him, the prosecuting attorney, in a spirit of ... fairness that is commendable, has made ... ...
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