People v. Farmer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered June 19, 1908, at a Trial Term for the county of Jefferson, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of mui’der in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court erred in refusing to admit the testimony of James A. Ward as to his conversation with Mrs. Brennan on or about the loth day of January, 1908, in regard to the giving of the deeds in question.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered June 19, 1908, at a Trial Term for the county of Jefferson, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of mui’der in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court erred in refusing to admit the testimony of James A. Ward as to his conversation with Mrs. Brennan on or about the loth day of January, 1908, in regard to the giving of the deeds in question. (21 Cyc. 924, 925; Gibney v. Nearchay, 34 N. Y. 301; Moore v. Hamilton, 44 N. Y. 667; Lyon v. Bicker, 141 N. Y. 225.) The court erred in…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The homicide of Sarah Brennan, for which the defendant has been convicted, was committed in the village of Brownville, Jefferson county, about four miles from the city of Watertown, on Thursday, April 23, 1908. The body of *254the deceased was found on Monday, April 27, in a trunk owned by and in the possession of the defendant. The defendant under her general plea of not guilty attempted at the trial to establish that she was insane and wholly irresponsible for any acts relating to the homicide that might be found against her. It is necessary for us to state briefly the principal facts disclosed…
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