Legal Opinion

State v. Warm

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided November 11, 1918PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Indictment for Murder. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1917, Franklin County, Waterman C. J., presiding. Verdict, guilty of manslaughter, and judgment thereon. The respondent excepted. The respondent subsequently brought a petition for a new trial on the ground of the disqualification of a juror. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.

At the September Term, 1917, of the Franklin county .court, Robert Warm was tried for the murder of Jennie Hemingway, August 12, 1917, and was found guilty of manslaughter. Judgment on the verdict was rendered, sentence was imposed, and Warm is now in confinement.

We have here a bill of exceptions brought by the respondent and a petition for a new trial. In the view we take of the petition for a new trial, we shall not discuss the exceptions at length.

At the close of the evidence the respondent made a motion for a directed vedict in his favor, on the ground that the State had not introduced…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Austin v. LangloisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908
  2. In re KetchumSupreme Court of Vermont · 1918
  3. Moore's Admr. v. CrossSupreme Court of Vermont · 1912

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Woodhouse v. Woodhouse Et Ux.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1925
  2. Fugate v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Brian J. Corey v. District Court of Vermont, Unit 1, Rutland CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  4. Hannah v. HannahSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
  5. State v. DemagSupreme Court of Vermont · 1954

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