State v. Ferguson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for an assault with, intent to murder, brought originally to the City Court of Derby, by which the accused was bound over for trial to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and there tried to the jury before Ror aback, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty of a simple assault, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Information for an assault with, intent to murder, brought originally to the City Court of Derby, by which the accused was bound over for trial to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and there tried to the jury before Ror aback, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty of a simple assault, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The defendant and his wife had been acquainted with Tied-well, the complainant, for some months before the assault charged. There had been some talk of undue intimacy between Tiedwell and Mrs. Ferguson, but no quarrel between him and…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
First. Intent to kill was an essential element of the crime charged. The defendant was entitled to testify as to this intent. When he had testified that he took the pistol simply for protection, and that his only purpose when he left the house was to follow his wife and Tied-well and see what was going on, for the sake of finding out if she intended to meet him, his counsel was entitled to ask questions to emphasize this intention. But he did not ask the witness if he had any intention at that time or at any other time of injuring Tiedwell or using the pistol against him. Such questions would…
2Cited by11 opinions
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