State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for robbery tried to the jury in the Superior Court for New Haven County, before Robinson, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The appellant, at the April criminal term, 1894, of the Superior Court, in New Haven County, was convicted of the crime of robbery. No exceptions to rulings upon evidence were taken upon the trial, and no requests to charge the jury were made by the accused. In the reasons of appeal it is asserted that the court erred in failing to give such instructions to the jury, in reference to reasonable doubt, and the presumption of innocence in favor of the accused, as the law requires, in the absence of requests, because they are *284principles not based upon tbe special case, but applicable to all…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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