Legal Opinion

State v. Beaudet

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 26, 1886PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Information for an assault with intent to murder; in the Superior Court. Tried to the jury before Stoddard, J. Verdict guilty, and appeal by defendant on the ground of error in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.

The prisoner was tried upon an information for an assault upon one Dr. Walter Zink with intent to murder. He was at the time in Dr. Zink’s employ and an inmate of the family, the other members being the wife of Zink, who was very deaf, a daughter aged fifteen, and a little son much younger. The state claimed to have proved that the prisoner was present in the room with Dr. Zink a short time before the commission of the offense and was found in the house shortly after. The assault took place in the dining room of the house a few minutes after eleven o’clock in the evening. Dr. Zink at the time…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
  2. West v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  3. Commonwealth v. HearseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1804

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  2. State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  3. Spicer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  4. State v. DeFreitasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  5. State v. StallingsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966

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