State v. Swan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Blue Earth county charged with the crime of carnal knowledge of a female child under the age of 18 years, tried in the district court for that county before Comstock, J., and a jury and found guilty as charged in the indictment. From the judgment sentencing him to the St. Cloud Reformatory, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 18 years. He appeals.
1. Defendant’s counsel assigns as error that after 9 men had been selected to try defendant, a jury in the case of Harold Swartout, indicted for carnal knowledge of the same child, returned to the court room and rendered a verdict of not guilty, and the court in discharging Swartout expressed in strong- terms his belief in Swartout’s guilt. This alleged error is not presented for review. The settled case does not present the proceeding in court on the *216occasion in question. Defendant’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- State v. AtanosoffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- State v. WymanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
3Cited by2 opinions
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