State v. Pella

This is an indictment wherein three defendants are charged with having conspired to defraud the city of Providence. After a trial to a jury had begun in the superior court, a third defendant withdrew his plea of not guilty, pleaded nolo contendere to the indictment, and testified on 'behalf of the state during subsequent proceedings. The jury thereafter found the remaining defendants guilty, and their subsequent motions for new trials were denied by the trial justice. Each defendant is now prosecuting in this court a bill of exceptions to certain rulings and decisions of the court below.

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