People v. Carnal
New York Court of Appeals
Motion to dismiss writ of error. Henry Carnal having been convicted of murder, in the court of oyer and terminer of New York, sued out a writ of error from the supreme court, where the judgment of the oyer and terminer was reversed, and a new trial awarded, in February 1852. On the 22d March 1852, an act of the legislature was * ara i *Passe<^ (c- 82), which provided, that “ writs of error to review any judgment rendered in favor of any defendant upon any indictment for any…
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Motion to dismiss writ of error. Henry Carnal having been convicted of murder, in the court of oyer and terminer of New York, sued out a writ of error from the supreme court, where the judgment of the oyer and terminer was reversed, and a new trial awarded, in February 1852. On the 22d March 1852, an act of the legislature was * ara i *Passe<^ (c- 82), which provided, that “ writs of error to review any judgment rendered in favor of any defendant upon any indictment for any criminal offence, except where such defendant shall have been acquitted by a jury, may be brought in behalf of the…
1Per curiam
— The act of 22d March did not authorize a writ of error in behalf of the people, where the judgment sought to be reviewed was rendered before the act was passed.
Writ dismissed.1
See People v. Clark, 7 N. Y. 385.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The People v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. SangesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Benton v. . WickwireNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- The People v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Larkin v. SaffaransDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1883
- In re GermaineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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