Legal Opinion

People v. . Thorn

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 7, 1898PublishedCited by 64 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the supreme court in Queens county, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree.

1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.

There is but little controversy with reference to the details of this crime. It is practically conceded that William Guldensuppe was murdered in a house at Woodside, in the town of Newtown, Queens county, on the 2ñth day of June, 1897. The chief controversy in the case arises over the question as to whether the killing was by the defendant, or by a woman named Augusta Nack, commonly known as Mrs. Nack.

It appears that Guldensuppe was occupied as a rubber in a Turkish bath house; that he was usually occupied in his business from three in the afternoon until about three o’clock in the morning,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. People, Ex Rel. v. . Court of Oyer and TermNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  4. Shular v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  5. People v. . FishNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  3. People v. EppsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
  5. State v. FrisbeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912

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