State v. Tatro
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for the murder of Alice Butler on the evening of June 2, 1876. Trial by jury, April Term, 1877, Royce, J,, presiding. At about seven o!clock in the evening of the day of the alleged murder, Charles Butler, the husband of the murdered woman, left his house to go to a neighboring village, leaving behind the respondent, who was then at work for him, as he had been at intervals for two or three years before that time.
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Indictment for the murder of Alice Butler on the evening of June 2, 1876. Trial by jury, April Term, 1877, Royce, J,, presiding. At about seven o!clock in the evening of the day of the alleged murder, Charles Butler, the husband of the murdered woman, left his house to go to a neighboring village, leaving behind the respondent, who was then at work for him, as he had been at intervals for two or three years before that time. On entering his house on his return at about nine o’clock, he found the dead body of his wife lying on the floor, with marks of blows from some heavy instrument on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
The respondent was indicted for murder in the killing of Alice Butler, and convicted of murder in the first degree, at the April Term of Franklin County Court, 1877.
I. The juror Willard was challenged for cause. He admitted that from what he had seen and heard, he had formed an opinion as to the matter to be tried, but was not aware of any prejudice against the respondent, and had no recollection of having expressed an opinion in the premises. This was not a legal cause for challenge. State v. Phair, 48 Vt. 366. However important, in a…
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