State v. Charlot

Previously to entering on the merits of this case two preliminary questions have been raised, on the part of the State, which it is important to dispose of. It is contended on the part of the State, first, that it is the decided jurisprudence in England, whence we derive all our doctrines in criminal matters, not to allow new trials in cases of felony, and that the only remedy is by an application to the clemency of the crown ; and, secondly, that it is equally well settled law, that a Court of Errors can, in no case, correct or control the decisions of the inferior courts upon questions…