Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1879

State v. Hayes

State v. Hayes
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided December 5, 1879 · Bingham, Stanley
59 N.H. 450

State v. Hayes

Opinion of the Court

Bingham, J.

The question whether Mr. Angelí was the tenant, or the servant, of his wife, was a question of fact; and on that question there was no presumption of law transferring the burden of proof from the state to the defendant. If the contrary rule is laid down in Albin v. Lord, 39 N. H. 196, 205, it cannot be sustained. Bickford v. Dane, 58 N. H. 185; Noyes v. Hemphill, 58 N. H. 536; State v. Hodge, 50 N. H. 510; Savings-Bank v. Getchell, ante, 281.

Verdict set aside.

Stanley, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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