Hartung v. People
New York Supreme Court
Mart Hartung was convicted of the murder of her husband, Emil Hartung, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held before Mr. Justice Harris and his associates, in the city of Albany, in the month of February, 1859. William Eeimann, her alleged paramour, was indicted with her as an accessory before the fact.
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Mart Hartung was convicted of the murder of her husband, Emil Hartung, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held before Mr. Justice Harris and his associates, in the city of Albany, in the month of February, 1859. William Eeimann, her alleged paramour, was indicted with her as an accessory before the fact. The husband died on the 21st day of April, 1858, and, as claimed by the prosecution, from the effects of arsenical poison administered to him by his wife within two or three days previous to that event. On a post-mortem examination, arsenic was found in the stomach of the deceased. A few days…
1Opinion of the CourtHogeboom, J.
Four exceptions have been presented and argued in this case, upon which a new trial is claimed for the prisoner. The first three relate to the admission of evidence on the trial, and the fourth to the refusal of the court below to grant a new trial for alleged misconduct of the jury. We will examine these in their order.
1. The prisoner having been arrested by the sheriff of Albany, and committed to the jail of that county, had a conversation with the sheriff at the jail, about a month after her commitment, upon the subject of a letter alleged to have been written by her. It was introduced' by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Freeman v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- People v. RathbunNew York Supreme Court · 1839
- People v. DaltonNew York Supreme Court · 1836
- People v. HartungCourt Of Oyer And Terminer New York · 1859
- Pelletreau v. JacksonNew York Supreme Court · 1831
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