People v. Wentz
New York Court of Appeals
Writ op Error to the Supreme Court, sitting in the sixth district, where a conviction of the plaintiff in error of the crime of arson had been sustained, a motion for a new trial denied, and the prisoner sentenced to the state prison. The trial was had on the civil side of the supreme court, in Broome county, in March 1867. The exceptions taken on the trial are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Davies, C. J.—The
prisoner was tried • on the civil side of the supreme court, at a circuit held in the county of Broome, in March 1867, and convicted of the crime of arson, and the general term denied a new trial, and the defendant was sentenced to the state prison. He now brings a writ of error to this court.
It is claimed, that the court, upon the trial, erred, in allowing the people to prove the confessions made by the prisoner to the witness, Martin, who, at the time, was a policeman. It is also urged, that the court erred in permitting the same witness to testify to another conversation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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