State v. Doran
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Exceptions by defendant. Judgment arrested. The defendant, at the January term, 1904, of the Supreme Judicial Court, York County, was indicted for attempting to break and enter a certain car of the Boston & Maine Railroad “for the purpose of commiting a felony,” and upon trial was found guilty; thereupon he moved in arrest of judgment. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
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Exceptions by defendant. Judgment arrested. The defendant, at the January term, 1904, of the Supreme Judicial Court, York County, was indicted for attempting to break and enter a certain car of the Boston & Maine Railroad “for the purpose of commiting a felony,” and upon trial was found guilty; thereupon he moved in arrest of judgment. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted. Three reasons were assigned why judgment should be arrested but the court only considered the last. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
It is alleged in the indictment that the defendant “with force and arms the car numbered 18656 of the Boston & Maine Railroad .... feloniously, wilfully and maliciously did attempt to break and enter for the purpose of committing a felony.” The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the defendant moved in arrest of judgment, among other reasons, “because no *331specific offense against the laws of this state is alleged against the said Doran in said indictment, and that no judgment could be rendered upon the verdict in said court.” The motion was overruled by the presiding judge, and the case…
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