In re Dexter
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for writ of habeas corpus brought to the Supreme Court for Orange County, and heard on the petition. The relator’s petition, after setting forth that she is the identical person named and designated as Anna Felch in the indictment in the cause entitled State of Vermont v. Anna Felch (decided by the Supreme Court and reported in 92 Yt. 477, 105 Atl. 23), in which she was acquitted at the June Term, 1917, of Orange county court, and released from custody and allowed…
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Petition for writ of habeas corpus brought to the Supreme Court for Orange County, and heard on the petition. The relator’s petition, after setting forth that she is the identical person named and designated as Anna Felch in the indictment in the cause entitled State of Vermont v. Anna Felch (decided by the Supreme Court and reported in 92 Yt. 477, 105 Atl. 23), in which she was acquitted at the June Term, 1917, of Orange county court, and released from custody and allowed to go at large upon her own recognizance in the sum of one thousand dollars, and that later the Supreme Court, at its…
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
The relator was acquitted by a jury on the charge of murder, and the case was brought to this Court on exceptions by the State before judgment, pursuant to G. L. 2598. After a full hearing certain of the exceptions were sustained, the verdict was set aside, and the cause remanded for a new trial. Error was found in the exclusion of certain evidence, and in the conduct of respondent’s counsel in repeating a question after the same had been excluded by the court. It was not found necessary to decide whether the former, error was sufficiently harmful to require a reversal, as it was found that…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- United States v. Wong Kim ArkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- James Smith Woolen Machine Co. v. HoldenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
- Fadden v. McKinneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1914
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Vaillancourt v. Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1980
- Town of Killington v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
- State v. DuffSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
- State v. BlackmerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
- In re HookSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
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