People v. . Lingley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York, rendered June 7, 1912, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
The victim of the homicide of which the appellant has been found guilty was one Patrick Burns, the keeper of a liquor saloon in the borough of the Bronx, who was shot to death in his bar room in the night time of February 10th — 11th, 1912. Two strangers, a large man and a small man, visited the saloon for purposes of robbery; and while engaged in the commission of that crime, in which both actively participated, one of them killed Burns. No evidence was introduced in behalf of the defense; and the proof for the People amply justified the jury in finding that the perpetrators of the robbery…
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