Hamlin v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a new trial upon an indictment for murder; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The petitioner had been convicted upon the trial of murder in the first degree, and now sought a new trial upon the ground of newly-discovered evidence. The facts were found by the court and the case reserved for advice. The points decided by this court will be sufficiently understood without a statement of the facts, which would occupy much space.
1Opinion of the CourtPare, C. J.
The law on the subject of new trials for newly-discovered evidence, is well settled in this state by a long and uniform course of judicial decisions from our earliest reports down to the present time. The following are some of the leading cases on the subject. Noyes v. Huntington, Kirby, 282; Lester v. The State, 11 Conn., 418; Norwich Worcester R. R. Co. v. Cahill, 18 Conn., 493; Waller v. Graves, 20 Conn., 310; Parsons v. Platt, 37 Conn., 563. These cases hold that to entitle a party to another trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence, it must be made to appear that the evidence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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