State v. Flint
Supreme Court of Vermont
INDICTMENT for burglary. Trial by jury, June Term, 1887, Rowell, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty. Exceptions by the respondent.
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INDICTMENT for burglary. Trial by jury, June Term, 1887, Rowell, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty. Exceptions by the respondent. The State’s evidence tended to show that the respondent, who lived in Hancock village, at a distance of 66 rods from the hotel, and one Charles Blair, who lived about one mile from said hotel, and who was a witness on the part of the State, on Friday, June 6, 1884, spent a considerable portion of tbe day together fishing in the stream which runs through said village, and while so fishing partially planned the crime upon which the indictment is founded ; that during…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
I. Bespondent’s counsel insist that it was error for the court to allow the counsel for the State to ask the jurors whether the fact, that a witness produced by the State who participated in the commission of the crime for which the respondent was on trial, would cause them to disregard such witness’ testimony.
*315It is plain that if a juror had such a settled view of his duty that he would wholly disregard such a witness’ testimony on that account, he would not be a suitable man for a juror.' It being legal evidence in the case, the trier is…
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