State v. Papa

The defendant was indicted for an assault with a dangerous weapon, to wit, a knife. The case was tried in the Superior Court and resulted in a verdict of guilty with recommendation of mercy. The defendant filed his motion for a new trial, which motion was heard and denied by the justice of the Superior Court who presided at said trial. The case is now before tins court for the consideration of the defendant’s exceptions, the truth of which was established by us upon his petition brought for that purpose, viz.: The exception taken to the refusal of the Superior Court to grant the defendant’s…