State v. Mayberry
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions to the rulings and instructions of Davis, u 7 J. There was a motion in arrest of judgment which was overruled pro forma, by the presiding Judge. Also a motion to set aside the verdict as being against the evidence.
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On Exceptions to the rulings and instructions of Davis, u 7 J. There was a motion in arrest of judgment which was overruled pro forma, by the presiding Judge. Also a motion to set aside the verdict as being against the evidence. This was an indictment for conspiracy, and contained four counts, the first two of which are as follows:— “State of Maine. — Cumberland, ss. — At the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Portland, within and for the county of Cumberland, on the last Tuesday of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight : — “The jurors for said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Rice, J.
This is an indictment for a conspiracy, and contains four counts. The jury rendered a general verdict against both defendants. The case is presented on exceptions, motion in arrest of judgment, and on a motion to set aside the verdict as against law and against the evidence and the weight of the evidence.
On the motion in arrest of judgment, it is contended that each and all the counts are defective.and insufficient to support a judgment against the defendants. As to the first count, it is contended by the counsel for the defendants to be…
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