State v. Blood

This is an indictment for murder. A jury-in the superior court found the defendant guilty of murder in- the second degree. His motion for a new trial was heard and denied by the trial justice. The case is before us on defendant’s exception to this ruling, on his exception^ to numerous rulings made by the trial justice in the course of the trial, and on certain exceptions to the charge.

The state relies entirely on circumstantial evidence to establish the guilt of the defendant. Its theory is that, on September 5, 1940, the defendant, with malice aforethought, inflicted certain injuries upon…