State v. Kelley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for assault with intent to kill and murder. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1899, Washington County, Watson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment, guilty. Sentence imposed and execution thereof ordered forthwith. The respondent excepted. The issue was squarely made early in the trial after counsel were employed, that respondent was insane at the time of trial.
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Indictment for assault with intent to kill and murder. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1899, Washington County, Watson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment, guilty. Sentence imposed and execution thereof ordered forthwith. The respondent excepted. The issue was squarely made early in the trial after counsel were employed, that respondent was insane at the time of trial. The respondent offered to- show that the injuries received from Corcoran at the time of the alleged assault, so aggravated his mental conditions that he was irresponsible. It was error to- reject this…
1Opinion of the CourtStanford, J.
The respondent was indicted and convicted for an assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to' kill and murder, made on the 6th day of February, 1898, upon Thomas *281Corcoran. The State’s evidence tended to- show' that Corcoran was driving a team- with a pair of traverse-sleds, and wood-rack upon the sleds, past the house where the respondent lived, when the latter came out of the house with a revolver in his hancf, got upon the back part of the sled and walked towards the front, where Corcoran was standing, threatening to shoot him.; that, as respondent thus approached him-, Corcoran pulled…
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