People v. Leach
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the court of oyer and terminer of the city and county of Hew York, entered upon a verdict, convieting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree.
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The defendant was charged in the indictment with having murdered one Mary H. Leach, whose real name was Mary Hope Newkirk, by cutting and stabbing her in the neck with a knife, on the 18th day of November, 1894. Being tried upon the indictment, in the court of oyer and terminer held in and for the city and county of New York, he was found guilty by the verdict of a jury of the crime of murder in the first degree; and thereupon he was sentenced to be executed. From the judgment of conviction the defendant has appealed to this court.
There were no exceptions taken to the rulings of the court…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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