Bonfanti v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The facts in this case appear at length in the opinion of the Court. The Appellant’s points and authorities are not on file. The following are the points and authorities of counsel for Respondent: Fvrst.
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The facts in this case appear at length in the opinion of the Court. The Appellant’s points and authorities are not on file. The following are the points and authorities of counsel for Respondent: Fvrst. Our Statute has not altered the Common Law in reference to murder except as to a single class of cases (viz. cases which were held ito be murder simply because the homicide resulted in the commission of, or attempt to commit a misdemeanor) within which class of cases the one at law (had the assault resulted in death) could not by any possibility have fallen. 1 Hale's Pleas of the Crown, 433;…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Flandrau, J.
The Defendant, Bonfanti, was indicted by the Grand Jury of [Ramsey County, on the 17th day of September, 1858, for the crime of an assault with intent to murder one Alfred F. Stone, and found guilty. The assault was proved and the defence was the insanity of the Defendant. The bill of exceptions made on the part of the Defendant, contains the indictment, the evidence and charge of the Judge with the several exceptions taken thereto by the prisoner’s counsel. Appended to the bill is the following certificate of the Judge who tried the cause: “ I certify that I *126deem the…
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