State v. Murphy

The defendant petitions for a new trial on the following grounds, viz., first, because of erroneous rulings, by the court below, in matters of law; second, because the verdict was against the evidence, and the weight thereof; third, because of newly discovered evidence ; and fourth, because the defendant did not have a full, fair, and impartial trial. The indictment, omitting the formal part thereof, was in the following form, viz.: —

“That John J. Murphy, alias John Doe, of Pawtucket, in said County of Providence, on the fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight…