State v. Carr
Supreme Court of Vermont
This case was tried at the September term, 1879, Redfield, J., presiding. It was an indictment in five counts for murder of William W. Murcommock. Plea, not guilty; trial by jury; verdict, guilty of murder in the first degree. It appeared that the dead body of said Murcommock was found on the 13th day of December, 1878, in the town of Calais, in said county of Washington, a few rods easterly of the town line of Worcester, in said county.
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This case was tried at the September term, 1879, Redfield, J., presiding. It was an indictment in five counts for murder of William W. Murcommock. Plea, not guilty; trial by jury; verdict, guilty of murder in the first degree. It appeared that the dead body of said Murcommock was found on the 13th day of December, 1878, in the town of Calais, in said county of Washington, a few rods easterly of the town line of Worcester, in said county. The evidence on the part of the State tended to show that said Murcommock was killed, at the place where his dead body was found, on the 11th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
Whether the statement of the respondent, which the government was permitted to prove by the witness Slayton, was made under and by reason of promise of favor that induced the respondent to make it, was a question addressed to the court; and the evidence bearing on that question was addressed to the court. The finding of the court against the prisoner upon the evidence, and the admission of the testimony showing the statement, was not error in law, unless such finding was unwarranted by the evidence bearing on the alleged promise and…
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