People v. Ohlson

Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals denied.

The following is the opinion of the special county judge of Monroe county, as rendered on January 13, 1932, in Ryan v. Masseth (ante, p. 883).

Shedd, J.

One of the grounds raised by defendant on his motion to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant a new trial, is that this court erred in its charge to the jury regarding its right to disregard the testimony of a witness, if in its opinion that witness had testified to facts which were not true. The law seems to be well settled that a jury may wholly disregard the evidence of a…