Legal Opinion

Manke v. People

New York Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1879Published

Writ of error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Erie comity, to review the conviction and sentence of the plaintiff in error, of murder in the first degree.

1Opinion of the Court

Talcott, P. J.:

This is a writ of error to the Erie Oyer and Terminer. The return of the clerk of Erie county sets forth an indictment, found in the Court of Oyer and Terminer in April, 1878, against the plaintiff in error for the murder of John Atloff, which is charged to have been committed by the plaintiff in error in the town of Elma in said county on the 2d day of April, 1878. In two of the counts of the indictment the said murder is charged to have been committed by the discharge of a shot-gun loaded with powder, shot and a leaden bullet, and in a third count the crime is charged to have…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. RectorNew York Supreme Court · 1838
  2. People v. BodineCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
  3. Thomas v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  4. Kennedy v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  5. Messner v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871

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