People v. Degey
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
The .defendant was charged in an indictment, in the following words: of New York, ss.—The jurors of the people of the state of N'W York, in and for the body “ City and County ot of the city and county of New- York, upon their oath present, that John Degey, late of the first ward of the city of New York, in the county of New York aforesaid, labourer, on the 26th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, being Sunday, with force and…
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The .defendant was charged in an indictment, in the following words: of New York, ss.—The jurors of the people of the state of N'W York, in and for the body “ City and County ot of the city and county of New- York, upon their oath present, that John Degey, late of the first ward of the city of New York, in the county of New York aforesaid, labourer, on the 26th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, being Sunday, with force and arms, at the eighth ward of the city of New York, in the county of New York aforesaid, in the Ebenezer Baptist Church…
1Opinion of the Court
The court were, therefore, clearly of opinion that the offence charged in the indictment was an offence at common law, and that the evidence against the defendant fully proved the charges set forth in it.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.
2Cited by1 opinion
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