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May 1, 2009

Hindsight


It seemed that Frank Lewis had a good argument that he was not guilty of killing his brother-in-law, William Farrell. But a decision by the California Supreme Court on May 31, 1899, proved otherwise. Although Lewis admitted shooting Farrell in the stomach with a rifle, he claimed the wound was not fatal. It was after Farrell had been carried into a house - and lay bleeding and in pa...

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