People v. . Decker
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment, convicting defendant of murder in the first degree. Appeal from supreme court, trial term. Bailer Decker was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. The défendant was a colored man, and the decedent was a white woman.
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Appeal from a judgment, convicting defendant of murder in the first degree. Appeal from supreme court, trial term. Bailer Decker was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. The défendant was a colored man, and the decedent was a white woman. They were husband and wife, and lived together as such in the upper story of a house on Beach street, in Tottenville, in the county of Bichmond, 1ST. Y. The lower part of the house was occupied by two colored families, living on different sides of the hallway. In the evening of May 24, 1898, which was the day preceding the…
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, J. (after stating the facts).
The defendant, in his brief, presents for determination upon this appeal questions as to the validity of several exceptions taken upon the trial, and asks for a new trial upon the further ground that manifest injustice has been done. Two of these questions relate to the impaneling of the jury. The defendant’s claim is that two jurors were improperly excused by the court. John W. Bhair was summoned as a talesman, and upon examination as to his competency to serve he testified that the fact that the decedent was a white woman would have a decided influence…
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