In re Kelly
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the payment of a reward offered by the town of Roelcy Hill for the detection and conviction of a criminal; brought to the Superior Court, and heard before Phelps, J. The petition alleged that on the 26th day of October, 1865, the selectmen of the town of Rocky Hill publicly offered a reward of two hundred dollars to any person or persons who should make discovery and give information against the persons or persons guilty of the crime of burning the barn of' Mrs.…
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Petition for the payment of a reward offered by the town of Roelcy Hill for the detection and conviction of a criminal; brought to the Superior Court, and heard before Phelps, J. The petition alleged that on the 26th day of October, 1865, the selectmen of the town of Rocky Hill publicly offered a reward of two hundred dollars to any person or persons who should make discovery and give information against the persons or persons guilty of the crime of burning the barn of' Mrs. Hepzibah Kelly, on October 1st, 1865, so that he or they might be tendered to justice and convicted; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
This application is based on the 274th section of the Act concerning Crimes and Punishments, Rev. Stat., 294, and the payment of the reward sought to be recovered is resisted on several grounds.
In the first place it is claimed that there is a fatal variance between the allegations in the application and the proof offered to sustain it. The application sets forth that the selectmen of the town offered a reward of $200 to any person or persons who should make discovery and give information against the person or persons guilty of the crime of' burning the barn of Mrs. Hepzibah Kelly, October…
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