State v. Hodgkins

TAPLEY, Justice.

On appeal. Appellant was convicted by a jury verdict in January of 1967 in the Superior Court, within and for the County of Androscoggin. He seasonably filed a motion for a new trial. The motion for a new trial assigned the following reasons:

1. The court erred in ruling that the prosecutrix, age nine years, was qualified to testify.

2. That defendant was prejudiced and deprived of a fair trial because the County Attorney purposely omitted to present as a witness a young girl, age eight years, the only witness who could corroborate the prosecutrix’ testimony that the alleged…