State v. Peacock
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This writ brings up a judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Burlington county. The defendant, George H. Peacock, was indicted for an assault with intent to commit a rape, and the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. The defendant, at the time of the beginning of the trial, was at large upon bail. He was present during the first day of the trial, but absent thereafter during its progress.
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This writ brings up a judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Burlington county. The defendant, George H. Peacock, was indicted for an assault with intent to commit a rape, and the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. The defendant, at the time of the beginning of the trial, was at large upon bail. He was present during the first day of the trial, but absent thereafter during its progress. The trial was conducted throughout by his attorneys, one of whom consented that the verdict should be taken in the absence of the defendant and his counsel. On the last day of the trial an offer was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
In the argument addressed to the court the counsel presented three points as their grounds for reversal.
First. That defendant was shown to the court at a certain stage of the trial in an aspect that demanded a suspension of the trial till the question of-his present sanity was settled.
Second. That the court erred in rejecting the offer of testimony to prove his then condition of insanity, which proof was relevant as a part of the case of the defence.
Third. That the trial could not proceed, nor the verdict be taken in the absence of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Freeman v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1847
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