Chase v. State

TAPLEY, Justice.

On appeal. An appeal was taken by the appellant from the findings of a single Justice. The findings are to be tested by the “Clearly Erroneous” Rule. Rule 52 M.R.C.P.; Harriman v. Spaulding, 156 Me. 440, 165 A.2d 47.

The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder at the November Term, 1952 of the Superior Court, within and for the County of Androscoggin, State of Maine. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Previous to the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus brought under provisions of 14 M.R.S.A., Secs. 5502-5508 the appellant commenced and prosecuted four other…