Legal Opinion
People v. Chin Sing
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1926PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, Ch. J.
The defendant, a Chinaman, has been convicted of murder in the first degree because, as found by the jury, he killed his employer, another China-man, at the village of Corona, Long Island, early in the morning of October 14, 1924. It has been the theory of the People that he was hired to commit this murder by a Chinese Tong which was then engaged in warfare with another Tong to which the deceased belonged.
We do not deem it necessary to give a general summary of the People’s evidence. We have reached the conclusion that it was sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Meachem v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- State v. LettermanCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1980
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