People v. Greenfield
New York Supreme Court
Writ of error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer to review the trial and conviction of tbe plaintiff in error of murder in tbe first degree. Tbe court erred in admitting tbe evidence of Albert E. Stevens and George Pennock, as to blood stains.
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Writ of error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer to review the trial and conviction of tbe plaintiff in error of murder in tbe first degree. Tbe court erred in admitting tbe evidence of Albert E. Stevens and George Pennock, as to blood stains. Stevens and Pennock were not experts as to blood stains, nor were tbey competent or qualified to testify, nor bad tbey sufficient knowledge of tbe facts to testify as to whether tbe stains upon said stone and upon said pump and platform were caused by blood or not. {Mayor v. Spies, 66 Barb., 576 ; Mrndc, v. The People,, 17 Hun, 410 ; Messner v. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The prisoner was indicted in Oswego county for the murder of his wife Alice, in that county, on the morning of the 21st October, 1875. He was tried in that county in February, 1877, and convicted of murder in the first degree, which was reversed in the Court of Appeals for an error in empanneling the jury by the trial court. (74 N. Y., 227.) The place of trial was changed to Onondaga county, where he was tried in September and October, 1879, when he was again convicted and sentenced to be executed on 12th December, 1879. He was three times respited by the Governor, the last time to…
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