State v. Long
Supreme Court of Vermont
■ Indictment for murder. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1919, Washington County, Butter, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty of murder in the second degree. Judgment on the verdict. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
On the night of May 3, 1919, Lucinda Broad-well, of Barre, was murdered by strangulation, and her unclad body was found the next morning in a garden just off from Main Street in that city. The respondent was indicted and tried for the crime, and was convicted of murder of the second degree. He seasonably filed exceptions, and brings his case here for review.
[1, 2] James R. Wood, a detective employed by the State, was a witness for the prosecution, and gave evidence tending to connect- the respondent with the crime. It appeared from his testimony that he and several of his assistants had been…
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