State v. McCoy

Citations

• 70 Kan. 672
• 79 P. 156
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Continuance — Refusal Approved. The conduct of the district court in overruling an application for a continuance approved.</p> <p>2. Evidence— Contents of Letters. Secondary evidence of the contents of letters shown to be in existence, and within the jurisdiction of the court and accessible to its process, is inadmissible.</p> <p>3. Practice, Supreme Court — Review of Instructions. A single instruction cannot be excised from the body of an elaborate charge and treated as if it contained the sole utterance of the court to the jury. Every part must be considered in its proper relation to the whole charge.</p> <p>4. - Criminal Appeal — Bill of Exceptions. In a criminal case exceptions to instructions have no place upon the journal of the court, and can be brought upon the record in no other manner than by a bill of exceptions.</p>