The People v. . Carpenter
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term'of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made January 11,1886, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the city and county of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. (Reported below, 38 Hun, 490.) The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term'of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made January 11,1886, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the city and county of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. (Reported below, 38 Hun, 490.) The material facts are stated in the opinion. The court should have excluded White from the jury as prejudiced against the defense of insanity. (Code of Crim. Pro., § 374, subd. 2; id. 376; People v. Casey, 96 N. Y. 115; Greenfield v. People,…
1Opinion of the Court
Euger, Ch. J.
Upon the trial of the defendant for murder in the first degree, the uncontradicted evidence established that on May 26, 1884, he fatally stabbed one Mary Carpenter, his wife, with a knife by repeated stabs upon her. neck, body' and breast in the presence of a number of people, in the open street, in broad daylight. He had become embittered' against her for several reasons, prominent among which was an effort on her part to procure a decree of divorce, and for which purpose, she had caused papers to be served upon him while he was imprisoned at Sing Sing upon a former conviction…
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