State v. Hayden
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for tbe murder of Gertrude Hayden, on August 31, 1876. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury, September Term, 1877, Orleans County, Powers, J., presiding. The exceptions taken on tbe trial, and a petition for a new trial, were heard together at this term. The evidence on the part of the State tended to prove that the deed was done under the following circumstances.
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Indictment for tbe murder of Gertrude Hayden, on August 31, 1876. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury, September Term, 1877, Orleans County, Powers, J., presiding. The exceptions taken on tbe trial, and a petition for a new trial, were heard together at this term. The evidence on the part of the State tended to prove that the deed was done under the following circumstances. On the afternoon of the day before the murder, the respondent, who had been living at St. Leon Springs, P. Q., apart from his wife, the murdered woman, who had been obliged to leave him by his reckless and intemperate…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
The respondent was tried on an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, Gertrude Hayden. He did not controvert the evidence introduced by the State tending to show the killing and the circumstances shown in evidence connected with it, but claimed that at the time of the killing he was insane and not responsible for the act; and introduced evidence tending to show that he was so insane. The State did not introduce any evidence upon the question of his insanity except the testimony of experts and others who gave their opinions upon…
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