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State v. Long

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 1, 1899PublishedCited by 17 opinions

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Prosecution for rape, brought to the City Court of New Haven and thence by a binding-over to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the charge of the court. The State claimed to have proved at the trial that the accused, who was 29 years of' age, first formed the acquaintance of the complainant, who was 21 years of age and of slight physical strength, in November, 1898, by accosting her upon the street in the evening; that he arranged with her that she should become…

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

There are thirteen reasons of appeal assigned, all of which are based upon alleged errors in the charge to the jury. There were no objections to evidence offered, either by the State or the accused, and no requests to the court for instructions to the jury. It is not alleged as a reason of appeal that the court overruled any of the claims of law made by counsel for the accused in their arguments. If there is any error, it must be in the failure of the court either to state its opinion to the jury upon the questions of law which had arisen in the trial, or to submit the law and facts to the…

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