State v. Marx
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Indictment for murder in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Oase, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHameesdey, J.
Upon the trial the accused presented to the court, in writing, eighteen requests to charge. These requests covered definitions of reasonable doubt, and instructions in respect to circumstantial evidence, with special reference to the testimony which had been produced and its sufficiency to warrant the conviction of murder in the first degree; instructions upon the weight of evidence which had been given; the probative force of flight in view of the particular testimony given; the weight to be given the evidence pointing to an unknown guilty party; the weighing of the testimony given by those…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State v. RomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Rosenbaum v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
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