State v. Flaherty

Philbeook, A. R. J.

The respondent, charged with committing the crime of rape, tried by jury and found guilty, brings his case before the Law Court by a bill of exceptions.

There are eight exceptions in the bill but in argument these are reduced to four, viz.:

A. Denial of respondent’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of the opening to the jury by the attorney for the State;

B. Denial of respondent’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence;

C. Exceptions by the respondent to the charge of the presiding Justice;

D. Exceptions by the respondent to the exclusion and…