State v. Kallaher
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for theft, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
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Information for theft, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The information contained three counts: the first charging the theft on February 23d, 1897, of two hundred dollars from Ellen F. Munson; the second, the theft on the 8th day of March, 1897, of eight hundred dollars from Ellen F. Mun-son ; and the third, the theft on the. 8th day of March, 1897, of eight hundred dollars from George O. Munson. At the…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The oMy objection to the admissibility of the evidence offered by the State in proof of the tMeats of the accused to burn the house of the Munsons, which seems to be urged by counsel for the accused in their brief submitted to us, is that it should not have been received “ unless the threat to burn was expected to be carried out immediately.” The record shows that evidence was offered by the State to prove that these threats, made by the accused when he was somewhat intoxicated, to Mr. and Mrs. Munson in their own house between 9 and 12 o’clock at night, when both they and their cMldren were…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Morris v. PlattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- State v. FennSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. VarsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- State v. RobingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Budovsky v. HadhaziSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Santoni v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- State v. RapseySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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