People v. . Sheldon
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the supreme court in Cayuga county upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The defendant, Frank N. Sheldon, was on the 9th day of October, 1896, indicted by the grand jury of Cayuga county for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged with the killing of his wife, Eva M. Sheldon; on the 12th day of October, 1896, he was arraigned on said indictment and pleaded not guilty.
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Appeal from a judgment of the supreme court in Cayuga county upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The defendant, Frank N. Sheldon, was on the 9th day of October, 1896, indicted by the grand jury of Cayuga county for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged with the killing of his wife, Eva M. Sheldon; on the 12th day of October, 1896, he was arraigned on said indictment and pleaded not guilty. On the 25th day of January, 1897, at a trial term of the supreme court held in and for the said county, the indictment was moved for trial. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, Ch. J.
The question before this court is not how long may a court keep a jury together, for that is a matter rest, ing in the sound discretion of the trial court. Mor is the question whether a jury should be compelled to stay together more than" one night without a bed, or at least a cot to lie on, for that too is a matter resting in discretion. It seems a wiser exercise of that discretion, however, to provide sleeping accommodaiions for the jury, after the first night at least. This can be readily done in most hotels without interference with the requirement to keep the jury together.…
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