State v. Carver
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions to the rulings of Rice, J. Carver and Lunt were tried upon the following indictment. "The jurors for said State, upon their oath present, that George Carver, late of East Livermore, in the county of Androscoggin, and George Lunt, alias George W. Lunt, of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at Fayette, in said county of Kennebec, on the twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, with force and arms the store of…
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On Exceptions to the rulings of Rice, J. Carver and Lunt were tried upon the following indictment. "The jurors for said State, upon their oath present, that George Carver, late of East Livermore, in the county of Androscoggin, and George Lunt, alias George W. Lunt, of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at Fayette, in said county of Kennebec, on the twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, with force and arms the store of one Howard B. Love-joy, there situate, in the night time of the same day, feloniously did break and enter, and five…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Davis, J.
This was an indictment against Carver and *592Lunt, as principals, and also against Wilson and Clapp, as accessories before tbe fact. The first two-, only, appear to have been arrested. Upon arraignment they pleaded guilty, and afterwards their counsel filed a motion in arrest of judgment. This was overruled by the Court, and the case comes before us on exceptions.
We see no objection to the indictment itself which can avail the defendants, especially after - the general plea of "guilty.” The count against them as principals is sufficient in all…
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