State v. Griswold
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for arson, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Prentice, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendant was tried for the crime of arson at the June criminal term of the Superior Court in Hartford county, when the jury disagreed. He was again tried at the September criminal term, and was convicted. He then appealed to this court.
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Information for arson, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Prentice, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendant was tried for the crime of arson at the June criminal term of the Superior Court in Hartford county, when the jury disagreed. He was again tried at the September criminal term, and was convicted. He then appealed to this court. The finding of facts, so much of it as is necessary to present the questions made, is as follows:— Upon the trial the State…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The defendant was tried to the jury upon ap information charging him with the crime of arson, and in another count with setting fire to the same building with the intent to defraud an insurance company. Among other testimony, the State offered evidence of certain acts done by the accused showing preparation for the fire, as well as his subsequent conduct apparently influenced by the fact that he had set the fire or had known that it was going to happen. To illustrate and explain this conduct, the State offered in evidence a small package consisting of the envelope with the marks upon it, and…
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