State v. Monahan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for burglariously breaking and entering a freight-car in the night season and stealing a barrel of potatoes therein, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Hinman, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by two of the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The appeal raises a single point— error in the reference, by the State’s Attorney in his argument to the jury, to the failure of the defense to produce evidence as to certain facts which were material in the case. Counsel for the accused seasonably excepted to the remarks as constituting comment upon the failure of Chinch (one of the accused) to testify in the case. The State’s Attorney did not in this connection directly mention Church or his failure to testify in his own behalf. Monahan and Plummer, the other accused, testified as witnesses for the defense.
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