State v. Mowry

The defendant, who, on the 18th day of January, 1898, was convicted of the murder of Abbie J. Reynolds, now petitions for a new trial on the grounds (1) that the verdict is against the evidence ; (2) that the jury, during the trial of the case, went without the county of Providence ; (3) that the court erred in refusing to grant the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment; (4) that certain erroneous rulings as to the admission of testimony were made by the court; and (5) that the court erred in various' respects in its charge to the jury.

1. An examination of the evidence in the case…