State v. Bean

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

The sole question presented is whether remarks and conduct of the trial court in the course of a criminal prosecution constituted prejudicial error, thus entitling defendant to a new trial.

For reasons which will hereinafter appear we feel compelled to hold that the question must be answered in the affirmative,

The defendant was charged with two counts, one being grand larceny and the other with cheating and defrauding by means of false pretenses. The charge of grand larceny arose out of the alleged theft by defendant of 65 sacks of cement…