State v. Hayward
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after conviction of murder in the first degree. Proof of the commission of an independent crime by defendant cannot be introduced to connect him with the crime charged. Hoberg v. State, 3 Minn. 181, (262); Shaffner v. Com., 72 Pa. St. 60; State v. Lapage, 57 N. H. 245; People v. Corbin, 56 A. Y. 363; Coleman v. People, 55 N. lr. 81; Snyder v. Com., 85 Pa.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after conviction of murder in the first degree. Proof of the commission of an independent crime by defendant cannot be introduced to connect him with the crime charged. Hoberg v. State, 3 Minn. 181, (262); Shaffner v. Com., 72 Pa. St. 60; State v. Lapage, 57 N. H. 245; People v. Corbin, 56 A. Y. 363; Coleman v. People, 55 N. lr. 81; Snyder v. Com., 85 Pa. St. 519; Barton v. State, 18 Oh. 221; Coble v. State, 31 Oh. St. 100; Garrison v. People, 87 111. 36; People v. Barnes,…
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on an indictment charging that he procured and induced one Claus Blixt to kill and murder one Catherine Gring, and aided and abetted him in so doing. From an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, he appeals to this court, and the case comes up on a bill of exceptions.
From the evidence returned it appears that Catherine Gring was a young, unmarried woman, who carried on a dressmaking business in Minneapolis, and resided with her niece in the Ozark Flats, an apartment building in that city, owned by the father of the defendant.…
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