State v. Hamlin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder, in tlie Superior Court of Hartford County. Tlie indictment contained two counts, one charging the three defendants, Henry Hamlin, William Allen, and John H. Davis, as principals, with the murder of Wells Ship-man ; and the other charging Hamlin and Allen as principals and Davis as an accessory before the fact.
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Indictment for murder, in tlie Superior Court of Hartford County. Tlie indictment contained two counts, one charging the three defendants, Henry Hamlin, William Allen, and John H. Davis, as principals, with the murder of Wells Ship-man ; and the other charging Hamlin and Allen as principals and Davis as an accessory before the fact. In both counts-the homicide was alleged to have been committed “feloniously, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, and of malice aforethought,” but the degree of the murder was not otherwise stated. The prisoners pleaded severally in abatement of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hovey, «L
The defendants were jointly indicted by the grand jury' of Hartford County, for the willful, deliberate and premeditated murder of Wells Shipman, a night watchman in the state prison at Wethersfield. The indictment contained two counts. The first count charged all of the defendants as principals in the crime; the second charged the defendants Hamlin and Allen as principals, and the defendant Davis as an accessory before the fact.
The defendant Davis pleaded in abatement to the indictment, assigning as causes therefor, in substance:—
First That he was not brought before the grand jury…
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