State v. . Demai

The trial of this case necessarily consumed considerable time. Seventy-five witnesses were examined, forty-five for the State and thirty for defendant. The transcript of their testimony fills 180 pages of the record, and the judge’s charge to the jury covered 56 pages. The industry and zeal of defendant’s counsel are reflected in the 187 executions noted at the trial, 108 of them relating to the judge’s charge. Certainly no stone has been left unturned which might disclose error. Under the ordinary limits of an opinion it will be inexpedient to discuss all of the exceptions brought up in…