State v. Scheele
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree; in the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The case was tried to the jury, on the plea of “not guilty,” before Torrance, J. Verdict, “guilty of murder in the first degree,” and appeal by the defendant for error in the charge of the court and in the refusal to charge as requested.
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Indictment for murder in the first degree; in the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The case was tried to the jury, on the plea of “not guilty,” before Torrance, J. Verdict, “guilty of murder in the first degree,” and appeal by the defendant for error in the charge of the court and in the refusal to charge as requested. The case is fully stated in the prevailing opinion, and the points made by counsel in argument are fully presented in the prevailing and dissenting opinions.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The facts of this case are stated in the finding as follows:
Upon the trial of this cause to the jury, it was shown by uncontradicted evidence that on the 25th day.of January, 1888, at New Canaan in Fairfield County, Scheele, the prisoner, shot and killed one Louis Drucker of said New Canaan; that at the time of the killing Drucker had in his possession a warrant for the arrest of Scheele, for the crime of violation of the laws relating to the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors; that Scheele was in his own house, with the doors and windows fastened against the entrance of Drucker, and…
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