State v. Healy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The grand jury for Sherburne county returned two indictments against defendant, charging him with carnal knowledge of a female child under 14 years of age. When placed on trial in the district court for that county before Giddings, J., he entered a plea of not guilty and of former acquittal. The plea of former acquittal was disallowed, and defendant was convicted by a jury. Defendant’s motion for a new trial and for arrest of judgment was denied.
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The grand jury for Sherburne county returned two indictments against defendant, charging him with carnal knowledge of a female child under 14 years of age. When placed on trial in the district court for that county before Giddings, J., he entered a plea of not guilty and of former acquittal. The plea of former acquittal was disallowed, and defendant was convicted by a jury. Defendant’s motion for a new trial and for arrest of judgment was denied. The court, at the request of defendant, certified to the supreme court for decision the following questions: (1) Whether under the facts and…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Three indictments were returned against defendant, charging him with carnal knowledge of a female child under the age of consent. The first charged an offense committed on the fifth day of April, 1913; the second, an offense committed on the sixteenth day of January, 1914; and the third, an offense committed on the sixteenth day of July, 1914. He was placed on trial upon the indictment charging an offense committed on the sixteenth day of January, 1914. The trial resulted in an acquittal. At the next term of court the other two indictments were dismissed be*266cause lie had not been…
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