State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment in two counts under Y. S. 5086 for bribery. Trial by jury, Washington County, September Term, 1899, Watson, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty. Judgment on verdict. The respondent excepted.
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Indictment in two counts under Y. S. 5086 for bribery. Trial by jury, Washington County, September Term, 1899, Watson, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty. Judgment on verdict. The respondent excepted. The first count in the indictment charged, in substance, that on the 8th day of July, 1899, at Montpelier, in Washington County, the respondentia deputy sheriff, had a legal warrant duly issued from the City Court of said Montpelier, commanding him to arrest one Clementina Bianchi on a criminal charge set forth in a complaint of the state’s attorney for said county, and that the respondent not…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
I. It was not error for the trial court not to permit the respondent to examine jurors as to whether they were clients of W. A. Lord who was to be improved as a witness. Whether they were his clients or not in no way affected their competency as jurors so far as disclosed by the record. It was clearly within the discretion of the court to permit or refuse the inquiry. Nor was it error for the court not to permit the respondent to examine the jurors “as to their belief in the prohibi*375tory law and as to whether they would require a different degree of faithfulness in the discharge of a duty…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. WardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1888
- State v. HookerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
- State v. FournierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
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- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1821
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3Cited by4 opinions
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