People v. Cantor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, David Cantor, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of New York, entered on the 19th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and from an order denying his motion in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The defendant was indicted for the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and upon a trial was convicted of the offense charged in the indictment and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison at hard labor for a term of ten years. ' The evidence, as disclosed by the present record, shows that the case-presented a fair question of fact as to whether the defendant was not justified in committing the act for which he was indicted and convicted. Under such circumstances it became the duty of the trial court to protect the defendant in every right which the law has furnished…
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