State v. Merrit
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Complaint for a nuisance in the erection of a fence within the limits of a public highway in the town of Windsor, brought originally before a justice of the peace, and appealed by the defendant to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and there tried to the jury, on the plea of not guilty, before Loomis, J. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and the defendant moved for a new trial for error in the rulings and charge of the judge, and on the ground that the verdict was…
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Complaint for a nuisance in the erection of a fence within the limits of a public highway in the town of Windsor, brought originally before a justice of the peace, and appealed by the defendant to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and there tried to the jury, on the plea of not guilty, before Loomis, J. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and the defendant moved for a new trial for error in the rulings and charge of the judge, and on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
The defendant was convicted of having
erected a fence upon a common highway in the town of Windsor, to the common nuisance of the citizens of the state; and after such conviction in the Superior Court he brings his case before us on a motion for a new trial for a verdict against evidence, and also for the errors of the judge in admitting improper evidence, and in charging the jury.
First, in respect to the error claimed in the admission of evidence. To prove the existence and limits of the highway in question, the .attorney for the state offered what purported to be a survey and lay-out of it…
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