People v. Thurston
New York Supreme Court
This cause was brought up to this court by a writ of certiorari, which was as follows: The People of the State of New York: To the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in and for our county of Tioga, Greeting: We having been informed that John Metcalf Thurston, of said county, was lately in the said court tried and convicted of the crime of murder, upon an indictment thereinbefore found against the said John Metcalf Thurston, and that upon the said trial of the said indictment,…
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This cause was brought up to this court by a writ of certiorari, which was as follows: The People of the State of New York: To the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in and for our county of Tioga, Greeting: We having been informed that John Metcalf Thurston, of said county, was lately in the said court tried and convicted of the crime of murder, upon an indictment thereinbefore found against the said John Metcalf Thurston, and that upon the said trial of the said indictment, exceptions to certain decisions of said court were' made by the said John Metcalf Thurston, and a bill of said exceptions has…
1Opinion of the CourtCrippen, J.
Nancy Thurston, a witness in behalf of the prisoner, on her cross-examination by the counsel for the people, testified that the prisoner became attached to a lady while she was staying at the house of his father, and it was reported that she became pregnant at that time and during her stay there. The counsel for the people then asked the witness, whether she did not know that the prisoner was charged with it? (the prostitution of said female.) The prisoner’s counsel objected to the question. The court overruled the objection and the witness answered, she did not know it when the lady left her…
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