State v. Parento

The respondent, indicted with one John Walker for conspiracy (Walker has not been tried), appeals from the ruling of the presiding Justice refusing to set aside the jury’s verdict of guilty. It is not necessary to recite the lengthy indictment. The County Attorney states its gist, saying: (they) “conspired and agreed together . . . that they would represent to Chasse and Ward that they had connections with the Judge of the Federal Court in Bangor through an attorney at law who practiced law in Bangor and who was a nephew of the Judge and that they could ‘fix’ Chasse’s and Ward’s cases for…