State v. Sebastian
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information charging the defendant under General Statutes, § 1148, with carnally knowing and abusing a female child of the age of fifteen years, at Stamford on April 9th, 1907, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict of guilty and sentence accordingly. It was undisputed that the defendant was a teacher of music at Stamford, and that the girl in question had been one of his pupils.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The information contained two counts, the first charging the commission of the offense at Stamford on April 9th, 1907, and the second charging its commission there between April 1st and August 12th, 1907. At the commencement of the trial, the accused moved for an order requiring the State’s Attorney to elect upon which count he would claim a conviction. This motion was denied; but with liberty to renew it at the close of the case for the State. Before he closed its case, the State’s Attorney, in the absence of the jury but in the presence of the court, stated that he elected to stand upon the…
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