Legal Opinion

State v. Dobkin

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 8, 1906PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Application by the accused, who had been convicted of larceny, for an order directed to the clerk of the Superior Court at Waterbury requiring him to show cause why he should not file the request of the accused for a finding of facts and the accompanying draft of a proposed finding, and for a like order directed to the trial judge requiring him to show cause why he should not make a finding in the case.

1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.

The statute upon which the application is brought provides, in substance, that in case a judge shall refuse or neglect to make a finding, properly applied for, in an action tried before him, “the supreme court of errors shall upon application of any party to said action . . . order said judge to make and file said finding within such time as said court shall fix.” Public Acts of 1905, Chap. 58.

The substance of the application may be thus stated : On July 3d, 1905, in the Superior Court at Waterbury, the applicant was convicted of the crime of theft; on the 6Llr day of Lhe same month he filed…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bulkeley's AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
  2. State v. DuffySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wilder v. Russell Library Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1927

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