People v. Lewis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
The indictment in a few words accuses defendant of manslaughter in the first degree. It charges that on January 14,1951, in “ the heat of passion ” he shot and killed Alice Bose McKittrick with a revolver. It negatives justification or excuse for the described homicide.
Defendant was the owner of a rooming house and grill in Schenectady. The proof on the trial indicates he had been intimate with the deceased woman and the homicide occurred in an apartment in defendant’s premises. The jury could readily have found that defendant and deceased had a dispute just before the shooting and that…
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