People v. . Barber
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer ■of the county of Tompkins, entered on the 30th day of October, 1888, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree under an indictment charging him with the murder of one Ann Mason on the 16th day of ■October, 1888. The defense was insanity, the claim being that the defendant was an epileptic, and that the alleged crime was committed while the defendant was in a condition of epileptic…
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Appeal from judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer ■of the county of Tompkins, entered on the 30th day of October, 1888, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree under an indictment charging him with the murder of one Ann Mason on the 16th day of ■October, 1888. The defense was insanity, the claim being that the defendant was an epileptic, and that the alleged crime was committed while the defendant was in a condition of epileptic furor. The defendant, Richard Barber, was twenty-seven years of age, born in Billingsborough, England, came to this…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The evidence establishes beyond question that the death of Ann Mason was caused either by the blows inflicted by Richard Barber or by the fire which he set, .from which, by reason of her injuries, she was unable to escape. It is not denied that Barber was-the actor in the tragedy which resulted in the death of one human being, and ultimately in the insanity of another. These two old people having outlived the ordinary limit of life, at last were, by the act of one whom they had treated with the greatest kindness, subjected to these irreparable injuries. If the act of Barber was that of a sane…
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