Stephens v. . the People

The plaintiff in error was tried on an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife by poison, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer held in the city and county of New York. The trial was commenced on the 7th day of March, 1859, and was continued by adjournment from day to day until the 26th day of that month, when it resulted in a verdict of guilty. The jurors impanneled to try the action were permitted by the presiding judge (who alone constituted the court), with the consent of the prisoner, to separate on each adjournment, until they received the charge of the court, when they continued…