State v. Washington

Plaintiff in error is a constable and was convicted on an indictment charging a breaking and entering with intent to-kill, rob and to commit an assault and battery. He was-sentenced to a term of two years in state prison and to-resign his office as a constable.

The case is here on identical assignments of error and reasons for reversal, four of which are argued in the briefs-of counsel. Under these it is urged that the court should have granted a motion instructing the jury to acquit the-defendant, and in any event that the verdict was against, the clear weight of the evidence.

Washington, with…