The People v. . Willett

• Miller, J.—This

This case arises upon a writ of error, on behalf of the people, to review the judgment of the general term of the supreme court reversing judgment of conviction of defendant on an indictment for murder in the first degree.

Upon the examination before the coroner a witness, Mrs. Wing, was sworn, who identified the defendant as- the person whom she had seen at her house on the night of the murder, a few miles from the place where the crime was committed, and with whom she had some conversation. Experiments were made before the coroner for the purpose of testing .the recollection…