People v. . Benham
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
The defendant, Howard 0. Benham, was indicted- by a grand jury of the county of Genesee for the crime of murder in the first degree, which was charged to have been committed at the town of Batavia, in said county, on the 4th day of January, 1897, by administering to Florence Tout Ben-ham a quantity of hydrocyanic acid, commonly called “ prussic acid,” with the deliberate and premeditated design to effect her death, from which she died at that time. The defendant was brought to trial upon the indictment at a term of the supreme court held in and for the county of Grenesee on the 21st day of…
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- People v. . HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People v. . KoernerNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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