Rookey v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of error to review a judgment of conviction rendered by tbe Superior Court of Fairfield County, Andrews, J., in a criminal prosecution against the plaintiff for rape, brought to the Supreme Court of Errors holden at Bridgeport within and for the third judicial district, on the fourth Tuesday of October, 1897. The writ recites the material parts of the information, plea, verdict of the jury and judgment in the Superior Court.
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Writ of error to review a judgment of conviction rendered by tbe Superior Court of Fairfield County, Andrews, J., in a criminal prosecution against the plaintiff for rape, brought to the Supreme Court of Errors holden at Bridgeport within and for the third judicial district, on the fourth Tuesday of October, 1897. The writ recites the material parts of the information, plea, verdict of the jury and judgment in the Superior Court. The information was in the usual form of an information for rape. The verdict and judgment were recorded as follows: “ The prisoner appeared and for plea said 4 Not…
1Opinion of the CourtHamebsley, J.
The verdict complained of is not a “special verdict,” and so the argument of the plaintiff in error in respect to the requirements of such a verdict is not pertinent to the case. The verdict in a criminal case is either general, on the whole charge, or partial, as to a part of the *107charge (as when the accused is convicted on one count of an indictment, or upon one part of a count capable of division, or of an offense of inferior degree included in the accusation of a higher crime) ; or special, by which the facts of the case are put upon record and the law is submitted to the court.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. ShepardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1828
- State v. SetterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
- Baldwin v. WalkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1851
- Harman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824
- Commonwealth v. NewellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GosselinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- State v. TateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. BlydenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. SchleiferSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Borino v. LounsburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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