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STATE v. DONAHUE

141 Conn. 656 (1954)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOHN B. DONAHUE

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Coles and Philip H. Smith, for the appellant (defendant).

Lorin W. Willis, state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Otto J. Saur, assistant state's attorney for the appellee (state).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.

BALDWIN, J.

The defendant has appealed, after a trial to a jury, from his conviction on a charge of murder in the first degree. He assigns error in the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict, in the charge, in the finding, and in rulings made during the trial.

We shall consider first the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict. The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: On Friday, February 13, 1953, about 9 o'clock in the...

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