State v. Alford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Grand-juror’s complaint, charging the defendant with an assault and battery on Dorinda Blackwell; appealed by the defendant from the judgment of a justice of the peace, and tried in the superior court, on the plea of not guilty, before Me Curdy, J: On the trial the counsel for the state claimed that the assault and battery had been committed by Mrs. Alford on Mrs. Blackwell in the manner alleged.
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Grand-juror’s complaint, charging the defendant with an assault and battery on Dorinda Blackwell; appealed by the defendant from the judgment of a justice of the peace, and tried in the superior court, on the plea of not guilty, before Me Curdy, J: On the trial the counsel for the state claimed that the assault and battery had been committed by Mrs. Alford on Mrs. Blackwell in the manner alleged. The counsel for the accused claimed that the collision between them resulted from the act of Mrs. Blackwell, or at least was accidental and not willful or malicious on the part of Mrs. Alford. The…
1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.
In this case the complaint charged, and the public prosecutor claimed to have proved, that the accused committed a violent battery upon the person of Mrs. Blackwell. The accused did not deny that there was an actual collision between them, but she claimed that it resulted from the act of Mrs. Blackwell herself, or at least was on her part accidental, and not willful or malicious. So that the inquiry in this part of the case was, was the collision on the part of the accused malicious and intentional, or not.
Now, had the accused, at any time after the collision, in direct terms, confessed that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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