State v. Agresta

All the defendants were found guilty of the crime of frequenting a gambling house1 in violation of § 53-2742 of the General Statutes, after a jury trial, and took appeals. The motion of the parties that the appeals should be combined and consolidated for the purposes of appeal to this court and that the judgment of this court would be conclusive upon all the defendants was granted by the trial court. See Practice Book §§ 606, 677; Bahr Corporation v. O’Brion, 146 Conn. 237, 239; State v. Mazzadra, 141 Conn. 731, 732; Maltbie, Conn. App. Proc. §§ 286, 291. Since the issues involved in these…