People v. Ryan

The defendant was on May 20, 1924, indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree in having shot and killed one Ferdinand Downs in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county.

The crime charged in the indictment was committed on Friday, May sixteenth. An autopsy was held on May seventeenth. According to the papers submitted, the May grand jury was hastily reconvened on Tuesday afternoon, May twentieth, and the indictment was found on Tuesday evening. The defendant was arraigned immediately and, over the objection of his counsel, the trial was set for May twenty-seventh. Thereupon, a stay of…