People v. . Sprague
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered February 8, 1912, at a Trial Term for the county of Yates, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. Also appeal from an order of said court entered July 8, 1915, denying a motion for a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Collin, J.:
The appellant was charged by indictment with the crime of murder in the first degree, committed October 17, 1911, by shooting George A. Martin with a rifle. He was tried upon the indictment and was convicted February 8, 1912, by the verdict of the jury. When assigning the present counsel for the appellant, we gave expression, in the interest of justice and its proper administration, to our condemnation of the delay, inexcusable and pernicious to the authority and influence of the law, which intervened the judgment and the presentation of the case to this court. (People v. Sprague,…
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