People v. . Ferola
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court rendered May 26, 1914, at a Trial Term for the county of Bronx, 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. The confession of the defendant obtained at the coroner’s inquest was improperly admitted in evidence because it appeared on its face: (a) That it was involuntary and (b) that it was not taken in conformity with the statute.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court rendered May 26, 1914, at a Trial Term for the county of Bronx, 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. The confession of the defendant obtained at the coroner’s inquest was improperly admitted in evidence because it appeared on its face: (a) That it was involuntary and (b) that it was not taken in conformity with the statute. (People v. Rogers, 192 N. Y. 331; People v. Chapleau, 121 N. Y. 266; People v. McMahon, 15 N. Y. 384; People v. Mondon, 103…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
A few minutes after 10 o’clock on thé night of December 29th, 1913, the body of Carmello Canestrale was found on the bridge over the railroad tracks of the New York Central railroad at One Hundred and Forty-ninth street and Park avenue in the county of Bronx. A stab wound had been inflicted in his left chest penetrating into the heart and death resulted therefrom. A broken blade of a knife was found with the body and the next morning the other part of the knife with the handle was found on the railroad tracks underneath the bridge. The defendant kept a boarding house and the…
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