State v. Ballou

This is an indictment for manslaughter. At the trial of the case, in the Common Pleas Division in Kent county, the defendant Charles Ballou was found not guilty, and the defendant Walter Ballou was found guilty. Walter Ballou now moves for a new trial on the ground that he did not have a fair trial, (1) because he asked for a sejiarate trial, which request was refused, and (2) because certain rulings of the presiding justice were erroneous.

1. We fail to see, from an examination of the record, that the defendant was in any way prejudiced by reason of the refusal of the court to grant him a…