State v. Jones
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment against Hiram Jones for the murder of his wife. The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree, upon the following indictment: * * * * * * “ That Hiram Jones, of Newmarket in the county of Rockingham aforesaid, yeoman, on the fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, at Newmarket in the county of Rockingham aforesaid, with force and arms, in and upon, one Ann Jones, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice…
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Indictment against Hiram Jones for the murder of his wife. The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree, upon the following indictment: * * * * * * “ That Hiram Jones, of Newmarket in the county of Rockingham aforesaid, yeoman, on the fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, at Newmarket in the county of Rockingham aforesaid, with force and arms, in and upon, one Ann Jones, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault; and that the said Hiram Jones, with a certain razor, the throat of. the said Ann Jones…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The court found, as matter of fact, that Goodrich would weighrthe evidence under a conscientious bias against capital punishment, and that for this reason he would not be an impartial or indifferent juror. It is well understood that this court does not ordinarily revise a finding of fact by the eourt at the trial term ; and we can see no reason for doing so in the present case. This was a matter within the discretion of the court below; Watson v. Walker, 33 N. H. 131; State v. Pike, 49 N. H. 399;—and we think the evidence reported was amply sufficient to warrant the finding.
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