STATE v. RAINEY


99 A.2d 78 (1953)

STATE v. RAINEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander A. LaFleur, Atty. Gen., Edward J. Beauchamp, County Atty., Androscoggin County, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Benjamin J. Arena and Frederick Keamy, Lewiston, for defendant.

Before MERRILL, C. J., and THAXTER, FELLOWS, NULTY, WILLIAMSON and TIRRELL, JJ.


MERRILL, Chief Justice.

On exceptions and appeal. At the September 1952 Term of the Superior Court in Androscoggin County the respondent, Samuel Rainey, was arraigned, entered a plea of not guilty, was tried and found guilty of murder upon an indictment charging him with the murder of one Alex Yoksus, alias Alex York. The indictment in this case, except for the fact that it charged the respondent Rainey instead of one Carl R. Chase with the murder, is identical with...

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