People v. . Johnson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered October 27, 1905, at a Trial Term for the county of Westchester, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered October 27, 1905, at a Trial Term for the county of Westchester, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. In view of the manner in which the unsworn statement of defendant’s son, Edward Johnson, was presented to the jury, justice requires that a new trial he had within the provisions of section 528 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Wheeler v. U. S., 159 U. S. 523; People v. Barberi, 149 N. Y. 256; People v. Raffo, 180 N. Y. 434; Birch v.…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
The indictment charged the defendant with the-murder of Katharine Johnson, his wife, on the 15th day of May, 1905, at the city of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester. Upon the trial it appeared that the defendant was married to-the deceased about thirteen years before the homicide, but they had not lived together for the period of eight years immediately preceding. She was thirty-eight years old, and he was thirty-seven. They had two children, Stephen, aged twelve, and Edward, aged eight or nine. The deceased lived with her mother at 27o. 13 Moquet place, in the city of Yonkers, and the…
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