Robinson v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court, Natrona County, Hon. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. When error has been committed on the trial of. a cause, the trial court should, without hesitation, grant a new trial unless the error has been corrected in a clear and positive manner.
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ERROR to the District Court, Natrona County, Hon. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. When error has been committed on the trial of. a cause, the trial court should, without hesitation, grant a new trial unless the error has been corrected in a clear and positive manner. A motion for a new trial is addressed in some degree to the discretion of the trial court, but it is the duty of the court to examine the entire proceedings leading up to the verdict, and consider in connection with them any new facts and reasons, if any, that may be presented, and order a new…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
Elizabeth Robinson was charged, tried and found guilty of the crime of grand larceny and sentenced to serve a term of years in the penitentiary, and brings the case hereon error. The subject of the larceny is alleged to be a seal skin coat.
1. When the case was called for trial, defendant, through her attorney, C. O. Brown, announced herself ready for trial. The impaneling of the jury was proceeded with and after the jury was partially called M. C. Brown, Esq., attorney for plaintiff in error here, appeared in that court and moved the court for a continuance, saying' to the…
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