Grant v. People
New York Supreme Court
This case came up on a writ of error to the Court of Sessions of St. Lawrence county, where the plaintiff in error was arraigned upon an indictment in the following words: State of New York, County of St. Lawrence, ss: At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at the Court House, in the town of Canton, in and for the county of St. Lawrence, on the 15th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, before the Honorable Amaziah B. James,…
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This case came up on a writ of error to the Court of Sessions of St. Lawrence county, where the plaintiff in error was arraigned upon an indictment in the following words: State of New York, County of St. Lawrence, ss: At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at the Court House, in the town of Canton, in and for the county of St. Lawrence, on the 15th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, before the Honorable Amaziah B. James, Justice of the Supreme Court, William C. Brown, County Judge, and Joseph Barnes and Silas Baldwin, Esquires, Justices of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRosekrans, J.
The return to the writ of error necessarily brings up the indictment, and the pleas interposed by the defendant, the trial and judgment upon those pleas, together with the bill of exceptions. The objection on the part of the People to so much of the bill of exceptions as relates to the defendant’s special plea and the proceedings thereon, is therefore not well taken.
This special plea alleges, that on the first day of September, 1859, the defendant was put upon his trial upon the indict*532ment, and a jury was drawn, impanneled and sworn to try the issue between the People and the defendant, and…
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- People Ex Rel. Stabile v. . Warden, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- People v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- People v. ColonNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1959
- Helm v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1889
- People v. FishmanNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1909
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