State v. Sawyer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Infoemation for stealing a handbag and its contents of the value of $25, brought to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New London County and tried to the jury before Waller, verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused. The appeal assigns error in the admission of certain testimony, in portions of the charge to the jury, and in the court’s denial of a motion to -set aside the verdict as against the evidence, which is made a part of the record.
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Infoemation for stealing a handbag and its contents of the value of $25, brought to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New London County and tried to the jury before Waller, verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused. The appeal assigns error in the admission of certain testimony, in portions of the charge to the jury, and in the court’s denial of a motion to -set aside the verdict as against the evidence, which is made a part of the record. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCase, J.
There was little dispute as to the facts, and none at all as to any which affect the ultimate and decisive matter of intent. Making allowance, however, for certain unimportant differences in the testimony, the jury were warranted in finding no facts less favorable to the defendant than these:—
The defendant owned and personally managed a lodging-house in New London, where one Beatrice Burton, a girl employed during the day in a local drug store, engaged and occupied a room, paying a week’s rent in advance and bringing with her a handbag containing certain of her possessions. Two or three days…
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