State v. Pearce
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Thomas J. Pearce, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, William Louis Kelly, J., made March 31, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. The Court erred in holding that the dying declaration of the woman was a sufficient corroboration of the testimony of her husband to warrant a conviction of the doctor.
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Appeal by defendant, Thomas J. Pearce, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, William Louis Kelly, J., made March 31, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. The Court erred in holding that the dying declaration of the woman was a sufficient corroboration of the testimony of her husband to warrant a conviction of the doctor. Her husband was an accomplice in the offense and no conviction can be had upon his testimony unless he was corroborated by evidence tending to connect the doctor with the commission of the offense. 1878 G. S. ch. 73, § 104. The provision at the end o'f…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the county of Ramsey for the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and the indictment accused him of having committed the crime as follows: That at the city of St. Paul, on the 15th day of December, 1892, he feloniously used and employed upon the body of one Helen Clayton, a woman then pregnant with child, a catheter, by forcing and thrusting the same into the body and womb of said Helen Clayton, with intent then and there had and entertained by defendant to produce a miscarriage of said Helen Clayton, the use of said instrument, and the…
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