State v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for manslaughter, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Greene, J.; verdict and judgment of not guilty, and appeal by the State for alleged errors in the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The record discloses three reasons of appeal, two of which relate to the charge of the court upon the question of self-defense when a person is attacked in his own household. The third one complains of the action of the court in instructing the jury as to the rights of the father and mother as joint guardians of their minor children.
The accused is charged with the crime of manslaughter, in causing the death of Thomas V. Coatchaly, at Ledyard in New London county, by shooting him with a shotgun. Coatchaly was a Greek and came to this country about 1907. He married a daughter of the accused in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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