People v. . Cignarale
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the defendant, Chiara Cignarale, from a conviction at the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of Mew York, on May 27, 1887, of the crime of murder in the first degree, under an indictment found against her and one Antonio D’Andrea, jointly charging them with the murder of one Antonio Cignarale on October 20, 1886. The appeal is brought directly to this court from the judgment of the Court of General Sessions, under chapter 493 of the act of 1887.…
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Appeal by the defendant, Chiara Cignarale, from a conviction at the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of Mew York, on May 27, 1887, of the crime of murder in the first degree, under an indictment found against her and one Antonio D’Andrea, jointly charging them with the murder of one Antonio Cignarale on October 20, 1886. The appeal is brought directly to this court from the judgment of the Court of General Sessions, under chapter 493 of the act of 1887. Antonio Cignarale was the defendant’s husband. They were both natives of Italy. There they had been married in their very…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The jurisdiction vested in this court by chapter 493 of the Laws of 1887, to order a new trial on appeal from a judgment of conviction' in a capital case, where it is satisfied that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, or that justice requires a new trial, is invoked upon this appeal. The power to grant a new trial upon these grounds formerly pertained exclusively to the Supreme Court, But as now, by the act of 1887, an appeal lies directly to this court from a judgment of death rendered by the trial court, without any intermediate review in the Supreme Court, the power to grant a…
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