State v. Goodwin

The defendant was charged with a violation of General Statutes § 53-364 in defrauding, as an agent, a public community (in this case the state of Connecticut; see State v. Schiller, 6 Conn. Sup. 252, 253); after a trial to the court on February 21, 1964, he was found guilty. From this judgment no appeal was taken. On June 12,1964, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial, alleging newly discovered evidence not available to him at the time of the trial. This motion was obviously made pursuant to Practice Book §§ 254 and 800 and was not filed within six days from the rendition of the…