State v. Beal
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion. This was a motion for a new trial because the verdict was against law and evidencie and because of newly discovered evidence. The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the superior court for Kennebec county. The presiding justice in that court after hearing, overruled the motion, aud the defendant appealed to the law court.
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On motion. This was a motion for a new trial because the verdict was against law and evidencie and because of newly discovered evidence. The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the superior court for Kennebec county. The presiding justice in that court after hearing, overruled the motion, aud the defendant appealed to the law court. The case is stated in the opinion. 1. James F. McManus, who testified at the trial that Beal was at his store inquiring for strychnine, has since confessed that he was mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner. Ghalfield v. Labhrop, 6…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
The accused was convicted of murder in the first degree, by the superior court in the county of Kennebec. He there moved for a new trial, because the verdict was against law and evidence, and because of evidence newly discovered, since the trial. These motions were heard before the presiding justice, and were overruled. From this decision of the superior court an appeal was taken to this court under § 27 of c. 184 of R. S.
At the bar, a new trial was urged solely upon the ground of evidence newly discovered. The motion was not pressed for any other cause; nor does the court, after a careful…
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