People v. . Casey
New York Court of Appeals
Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, to review judgment affirming a judgment of the Court of Sessions of the county of Rensselaer, entered upon a verdict finding the plaintiff in error “guilty of the felony whereof he was charged” in the indictment.
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Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, to review judgment affirming a judgment of the Court of Sessions of the county of Rensselaer, entered upon a verdict finding the plaintiff in error “guilty of the felony whereof he was charged” in the indictment. The body of the indictment was as follows : ‘That Timothy Casey, late of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer aforesaid, on the 10th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1877, with force and arms, at" the city and county aforesaid, in and upon the body of J ohn H. O’Brien, in the peace of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
The prisoner was indicted under the act (chap. 74 of the Laws of 1854) for an assault with a “ certain knife, pistol, slung-shot, billy and club,” a sharp dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily, harm. That act provides, that “ any person who, with intent to do bodily harm, and without justifiable or excusable cause, shall hereafter commit any assault upon the person of another with any knife, dirk, dagger or other sharp dangerous weapon ” shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a State prison for a term not more than five years, or by imprisonment in the county prison for a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Willis v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- People v. DaltonNew York Supreme Court · 1836
- Allen v. BodineNew York Supreme Court · 1849
3Cited by55 opinions
- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People v. SchwartzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. SorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Powers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- People v. BettsNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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