State v. Hawley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
INDICTMENT for murder; in the Superior Court in Fair-field County. Tried to the jury on the plea of not guilty, before Fenn, J. Verdict guilty, and appeal by the defendant for errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The prisoner was indicted for the murder of Mary L. Munson. The evidence against him on the trial was circumstantial. Among other things there was evidence tending to show that he was in a position in which be might have committed the murder. His wife, Flora Hawley, was also indicted, in a separate indictment, for the same offense. The defense claimed that she also was in a position in which she might have committed the murder.
On the trial the accused was introduced as a witness in his own behalf. After he had been cross-examined, his counsel, on the re-direct, asked him — “ Hadn’t your wife…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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