State v. Ward
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal by respondent. Edgar M. Ward, the respondent, was tried at the October term, 1919, of the Superior Court for Androscoggin County upon an indictment charging Mm with the murder of one Marie Bernier, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. After verdict and before sentence, the respondent moved that the verdict be set aside. The presiding Justice denied the motion, and the respondent appealed. Case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
In this case Edgar M. Ward was indicted at the October term of the Superior Court in Androscoggin for the murder of Marie Bermer of Lewiston. From the evidence' in the case, we are of the opinion that the jury was warranted in finding beyond a reasonable doubt the following facts:(1) The corpus delicti.(2) That Marie Bernier was poisoned by taking internally sulphate of strychMa.(3) That the medium through wMch it was conveyed to her stomach was wMskey.(4) That’ the whiskey was furnished by the respondent and contained m two 14-ounce bottles called small pints.(5) That neither bottle when…
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