State v. Saling

I. It is in dispute whether one Tracy, an assistant to the fire marshal, used color of his office to induce or compel defendant to make statements to him tending to connect defendant with the fire at Cromwell. Tracy was before the grand jury, and, so far as appears, as a witness. This does not base a complaint that the court erred in refusing to set aside the indictment.

L Sewteiaf:ptT-: dice ^affidavit J II. To support an allegation, in motion for a new trial, that the verdict is the result of passion and prejudice, affidavit was made which is, in effect, an argument why the verdict should be…