State v. Raymond
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Middlesex Quarter Sessions. The case was tried before John H. Stewart, Esq., law judge of Mercer county, who had been appointed by the chief justice to'preside at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions during the sickness of Judge Cowenhoven.
1Opinion of the Court
"The opinion of the court was delivered by
DixoN, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for setting fire to a dwelling house in Middlesex county on December 14th, 1888, and on trial in the Middlesex General Quarter Sessions was convicted. The record of conviction is now before this court, with assignments of error based upon exceptions- taken at- the trial. . - ,
The first exception to be noticed relates to a statement made to the jury by.the presiding’judge under these circumstances : The trial had occupied -several days, and in its’progress the evidence had indicated that the prisoner’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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