People v. . Mayhew
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment convicting defendant of murder in the first degree, and from an order entered on the minutes denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
The defendant, a colored man, stands convicted of murder in the first degree under the second count of the indictment found against him, which charges that he killed one Stephen Powell while engaged in the commission of the crime of robbery. John Waynes, also a colored man, was jointly indicted with the defendant, but demanded a separate trial. This alleged' accomplice of the defendant was the principal witness for the people, and it is undisputed that the conviction of the defendant would not have been possible in the absence of this testimony. The case was tried with great fairness, and…
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