Legal Opinion

People v. . Burgess

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 5, 1897PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from a judgment, convicting defendant of murder in first degree.

1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.

Henry V. Whitlock was a farmer, fifty-eight years of age, living in the town of Victory, in the county of Cayuga, with his wife, Catharine, who was about thirty-seven years of age. The defendant, a strong, powerful man, of about the same age of Mrs. Whitlock, was in their employ as a hired man, working upon the farm. He lived with them, eating at the same table, and sleeping in a room upstairs, while Whitlock and his wife occupied a bedroom on the ground floor. The residence was upon the west side of a road running north and south, and the barns were upon the east side of the roadway. There…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. . FishNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. People v. . CignaraleNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  3. People v. . YoungsNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  4. People v. . StraitNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  5. Aultman & Taylor Co. v. SymeNew York Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. People v. . FerraroNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. People v. ColavecchioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
  3. Town of Cortlandt v. Village of PeekskillNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
  4. People v. FarmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
  5. H. E. & S. Transportation Corp. v. Checker Cab Sales Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1936

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