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STATE v. MOUNT

30 N.J. 195 (1959)

152 A.2d 343

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JAMES ALFRED MOUNT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued April 21, 1959.

Decided June 17, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Stone, Jr. argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. Thomas C. Mahon, attorney).

Mr. Cuddie E. Davidson, Jr. argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. H. Douglas Stine, Union County Prosecutor, attorney).

The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree without any recommendation of life imprisonment. He was sentenced to death and appealed to this court as of right under Article VI, Section V, paragraph 1 of the Constitution.

The body of Ruth Lowe Petrosky was discovered during the evening of August 7, 1957 in the cellar of the apartment building where she had lived...

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