Legal Opinion

People v. Wayman

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 9, 1891PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,, held in and for the county of Livingston, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in th& first degree.

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Appeal from judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,, held in and for the county of Livingston, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in th& first degree. The following are extracts from the opinion: “ The defendant was indicted at the Livingston county Oyer and Terminer, in May, 1890, jointly with Nelson Swartz, for the crime of murder in the first degree, in killing one Emory Thayer at Avon, Livingston county, by shooting him with a. pistol, on October 27,1885, while the defendants were engaged in the perpetration of the crime of burglary in the house of'…

1Opinion of the Court

Ruger, Ch. J.,

reads for affirmance.

All concur, except Andrews, J., not voting.

Judgment affirmed.

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. . HughesNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. State v. NerzingerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  3. People v. StoddardNew York Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Gillespie v. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  5. Brady v. CassidyNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894

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