The People v. . Mills
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the defendant Geo. H. Mills from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme court in the second department, September 9, 1884, affirming a judgment of the court of Sessions of Kings county, February 28, 1884, convicting the defendant of murder in the first degree, upon an indictment found October 81, 1883.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The defendant was convicted in the court of Sessions, in the county of Kings, of murder in the first degree, for stabbing his wife with a knife in and about the breast, on October 6, 1883. He was a harness-maker, in business for himself, and on the day mentioned his wife was assisting him in making out some bills. He asked her to go and get him some beer, which she refused to do, and he thereupon knocked her down. She was then permitted to arise, when she left the room and went to another part of the house. He immediately followed her and again knocked her down, and with his knife inflicted…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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