State v. Reilly
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for theft from the person, coupled with allegations that the accused had theretofore thrice been convicted, sentenced and imprisoned in a State prison, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Warner, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused. The State’s Attorney for New Haven County in an information charged the defendant, under a number of aliases, with theft of $16 from the person.
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Information for theft from the person, coupled with allegations that the accused had theretofore thrice been convicted, sentenced and imprisoned in a State prison, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Warner, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused. The State’s Attorney for New Haven County in an information charged the defendant, under a number of aliases, with theft of $16 from the person. This charge was then followed by a statement, in the form prescribed by the statute (§ 6617), of three instances in which the defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
The question raised upon this appeal is not based upon the constitutionality of the Act or Acts under which the defendant was sentenced, nor upon any claim that an habitual offender’s law is not a proper exercise of legislative'power. As stated by defendant’s counsel in his brief, “This case hinges on what law our says.” And the claim, as appears from the demurrer and the motion to quash, is, in effect, that the defendant was tried and found guilty of a third offense, while the defendant says that there is no statute which provides for such an offense as a second offense or a third offense;…
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