People of State of New York v. . McGloin
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the First Department, affirming a conviction in the Court of General Sessions for the city and county of New York, convicting the defendant of murder in the first degree. The facts of the case together with the points of counsel are given in the report of the case at General Term, ante, page 105.
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
We should be quite content to rest our decision of this case upon the opinion delivered at general term, were it not a matter affecting the existence of a human life, and therefore requiring the utmost care on the part of those having charge of the administration of the law, to see that no injustice be doné to the accused. These considerations have seemed to require that we should express our views fully on the material questions presented by this record, and state the reasons for the conclusions arrived at. It appears by the record, that the defendant, Michael E. McGloin, was…
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