State v. Chuchelow

After the conviction of the defendant of rape in a trial to the court, the trial judge, over the objection of the defendant, took judicial notice of the fact that the latter had been previously convicted of indecent assault in the same court, had appealed to this court, and that the appeal had not been decided. The court, in making this ruling, stated that the existence of the appealed conviction would not influence its disposition of the case. This limitation was unnecessary. The judgment was not vacated by the appeal. General Statutes, Cum. Sup. 1939, § 1464e (b); Deposit Bank v. Frankfort,…