People v. Doyle
New York Court of Appeals
Writ of Error to the Supreme Court. The defendant below was convicted of arson in firing ,a barn, at the . Greene Circuit; and the judgment having been affirmed at general term, he removed the case to this court for review. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtComstock, C. J.
The only direct evidence of the prisoner’s guilt was given by his accomplice, Griffin. It rvas a part of his story, that, on the night of the arson, he and *his confederates were at the house of William T. Huggins; that they went to bed there, at an early hour; that they afterwards got up, went and committed the crime, and then returned to bed in the same house. The defendant produced no evidence to show that he was not at the house of William T. Huggins on that night; and the judge instructed the jury, that they might, if they thought proper, take this omission into consideration, as a…
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