Legal Opinion

The People v. . Lake

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 5, 1855PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Some of the exceptions on the part of the prisoner on the trial of this cause were well taken, and consequently the supreme court was right in reversing the judgment of the oyer and terminer.

The defence complain that they were precluded, on the cross-examination of the medical witnesses who had testified in relation to the sanity of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fish v. DodgeNew York Supreme Court · 1847
  2. Dickinson v. BarberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. WoodIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Reynolds v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  3. Cowley v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  4. Burt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  5. Fairchild v. BascombSupreme Court of Vermont · 1862

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