People v. . Beckwith
New York Court of Appeals
A upe at, from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made July 11, 1887, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in and for the county of Columbia, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. (Reported below, 45 TIun, 422.) The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDaneobth, J.
A reversal of the conviction and a new trial is asked for upon the grounds:
1. That there is no legal proof of the corpus delicti.
2. That the verdict is against the weight of evidence and against the law.
3. That the verdict was the result of prejudice and passion on the part of the jury.
4. That evidence offered by the defendant was improperly excluded.
5. That the officers charged to keep the jury while deliberating upon their verdict, were not properly sworn.
There is nothing in the record to sustain this last proposition. The oath actually administered is not given, nor is there anything…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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