State v. Ladd

On appeal. The respondent, Owen Ladd, was indicted by separate indictments for carnal knowledge and sodomy at the February Term, 1963, at Augusta, for the County of Kennebec. By agreement, the cases were tried together. After a verdict of guilty in each case, and before judgment, the respondent filed motions before the presiding Justice moving that new trials be granted. The motions were denied, whereupon the respondent seasonably appealed the rulings of denial to the Law Court.

The only question raised by appeal from the denial of a motion for a new trial in a criminal case is whether, in…