State v. Wade
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Hinman, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The accused, Wade, was tried upon an indictment charging him with the commission of murder in the first degree by the killing of George B. Nott at Bridgeport on the 29th day of August, 1920.
The State offered evidence to prove, and claimed to have proved, that Wade killed Nott in the manner charged, and that the circumstances attendant upon the killing disclosed deliberation, preparation and premeditation, and a cruelty so great as to characterize the homicide as one of singular ferocity. And from this evidence, together with evidence disclosing the calculated attempt of Wade to escape the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- State v. McGruderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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