State v. King

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Walker, Chancellor.

John King, the plaintiff in error, was indicted and tried in the Hudson Oyer and Terminer for the crime of murder. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life, according to the recommendation of the jury. He sued out a writ of error from the Supreme Court to review the legality of his conviction, and that court in a per curiam said: “The writ of error must be dismissed, as it does not appear in the state of the case sent up with the writ of error that application was made to the Chancellor…