Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 12, 1905PublishedCited by 7 opinions
On error to tlie Morris County Quarter Sessions.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Fort, J.
The defendant was convicted in the Morris Quarter Sessions of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. Pamph. L. 1898, p. 839, § 166. This case is brought up under section 136 of the Criminal Procedure act, the entire record being returned. Pamph L. 1898, p. 915, § 136.
The seventh cause for reversal is that the trial court refused to direct a verdict for the defendant, notwithstanding a motion was made therefor.
The direction of a verdict in a criminal case is a matter *355resting in the discretion of the court, and the refusal of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. SomervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1842
3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. MiraultSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Richardson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- State v. WrightNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. LeichtNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1973
- State v. TrunfioNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959
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