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DUNCAN v. STATE

183 A.2d 209 (1962)

John D. DUNCAN, Petitioner for Writ of Error, v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 19, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Scolnik, Lewiston, for petitioner.

Richard A. Foley, Augusta, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN and SIDDALL, JJ.

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

This case is before us on exceptions to the denial of a writ of error. At the October 1956 Term of Superior Court, Knox County, the petitioner was sentenced to not less than eight nor more than sixteen years in the Maine State Prison for forcibly attempting to escape from the state prison under R.S. c. 27, § 42. The errors asserted by the petitioner appear below.

The charging portion of the indictment on which the petitioner...

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