State v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for murder in the first degree. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the June term, 1892, Bennington County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict of murder in the second degree. The respondent excepts. The respondent was indicted for the murder of one Maggie Shea. It appeared that the deceased, a married woman, living separate from her husband, had kept house for the respondent, a married man, not living with his wife, for some years before her death.
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Indictment for murder in the first degree. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the June term, 1892, Bennington County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict of murder in the second degree. The respondent excepts. The respondent was indicted for the murder of one Maggie Shea. It appeared that the deceased, a married woman, living separate from her husband, had kept house for the respondent, a married man, not living with his wife, for some years before her death. The homicide occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, at the house of one Dillworth, where the deceased had gone the evening of the Sunday…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, J.
The deceased was killed by a stab in the breast. The testimony tended to show that it might have been made with a knife taken from the prisoner after his arrest on the day of the homicide. The state called a physician of fourteen years’ practice, who produced said knife, and testified that when it came into his possession he examined it with a glass and that there seemed to be a stain of a reddish color on the blade. He was then asked, subject •to exception, to give his opinion as to the cause of the stain. He answered, “We thought it was stained with blood.” The prisoner’s counsel especially…
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