Lung's case
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THE prisoner had been tried before the superior court, at a special session in Middlesex county, on an indictment for murder, and found guilty. Before the time appointed for his execution, he applied to the General Assembly for a pardon, or other relief ; alleging some informalities in the proceedings of the court preparatory to his trial. The General Assembly thought proper to order a new trial at the next session of the superior court in Middlesex county.
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THE prisoner had been tried before the superior court, at a special session in Middlesex county, on an indictment for murder, and found guilty. Before the time appointed for his execution, he applied to the General Assembly for a pardon, or other relief ; alleging some informalities in the proceedings of the court preparatory to his trial. The General Assembly thought proper to order a new trial at the next session of the superior court in Middlesex county. As some doubts had been expressed relative to the power and duty of the grand jury, the following directions were submitted at this term…
1Opinion of the Court
Directions to the Grand-Jury.
YOU will retire to some convenient apartment to be provided for you by the sheriff. You will choose some one of your number to be your foreman. The attorney for the state will lay before you such bills as he may think proper, and refer you to the witnesses to support them. You will cause the prisoner and the witnesses to come before you. You will admit no counsel on the part of the state, or of the prisoner. You will permit the prisoner to put any proper questions to the witnesses, but not to call any witnesses on his part. You will admit no spectators to be…
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