Legal Opinion

La Beau v. . the People

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 5, 1866PublishedCited by 45 opinions

The plaintiff in error was indicted and tried at the St. Lawrence Oyer and Terminer, in February, 1865, on a charge of administering poison to one Julius Denny, with intent to kill, which poison, by the said administering, was actually taken by said Denny, &c. (See 2 B. S., 666, § SL) The indictment contained four counts, all charging the same offense, though in different words.

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The plaintiff in error was indicted and tried at the St. Lawrence Oyer and Terminer, in February, 1865, on a charge of administering poison to one Julius Denny, with intent to kill, which poison, by the said administering, was actually taken by said Denny, &c. (See 2 B. S., 666, § SL) The indictment contained four counts, all charging the same offense, though in different words. On the trial it appeared that in September, 1864, Denny was brakeman on the night freight train of the. Northern Bail-road, and also kept a boarding house in the village of Ogdensburgh. The plaintiff in error, La…

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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] It is a felony, by statute, to "administer, or cause and procure to be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gt. W. Turnpike Co. v. . LoomisNew York Court of Appeals · 1865

3Cited by45 opinions

  1. People v. SorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. People v. DuffyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. VargasNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. People v. CavinessNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. Real v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870

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