The Sixteenth Rail by Adam Schrager

Author:Adam Schrager
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: 2013-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

After stating “the pertinent principles of law” for the grand jurors, Trenchard continued,

If, then, the evidence presented to you in the Grand Jury room reasonably tends to show that the child was feloniously stricken in Hunterdon County by Hauptmann and afterwards died as a result thereof, and that the stroke causing death was inflicted in pursuance of the perpetration of a burglary and had an intimate and close connection therewith and was naturally consequent thereto, you should find an indictment for murder, regardless of whether the stroke and injury was accidentally or was intentionally inflicted.

But even if you should not find that the stroke which resulted in death was inflicted in the perpetration of a burglary, if you nevertheless find that the evidence presented to you in the Grand Jury room reasonably tends to show that the stroke which caused death was caused or delivered by the accused in Hunterdon County with intent to do serious bodily harm to the child while the accused was carrying away the stolen child and its clothing, you should return an indictment for murder.

If you return an indictment for murder, the grade or degree of the crime will be determined by the trial jury, if they find the accused guilty.

You may now retire and proceed with consideration of the matter at your convenience.

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