Day, J. Was there an abuse of judicial discretion by the trial court (1) “in discharging the jury and accepting a plea of guilty in the manner that it was done;” (2) “and in finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, without hearing testimony after the plea was entered?” What is judicial discretion? Bouvier’s Law Dictionary gives this definiti…
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