People v. Ferris
New York Supreme Court
Writ of error to the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of Hew York. The plaintiff in error, Frank Ferris, was indicted in the court below in February, I860, for the murder of his wife, Mary Ferris, on the 9th day of September, 1864. At the term of the court held on the 28th of February, 1865, the plaintiff in error was brought to Mai upon the indictment, and was convicted of murder in the first degree, and judgment of death pronounced upon him, to be executed…
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Writ of error to the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of Hew York. The plaintiff in error, Frank Ferris, was indicted in the court below in February, I860, for the murder of his wife, Mary Ferris, on the 9th day of September, 1864. At the term of the court held on the 28th of February, 1865, the plaintiff in error was brought to Mai upon the indictment, and was convicted of murder in the first degree, and judgment of death pronounced upon him, to be executed on the 14th day of April, 1865. Upon that judgment, the present writ of error was brought.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Leonard, J.
Ferris was indicted, Med and convicted of mui'der in the first degree, at the Court of General Sessions in this city.
The case was Med on the 27th and 28th of February, 1865, after the close of the third week of the February term.
As it appears from the return of the clerk, an extra panel of one thousand jurors was drawn .on the 7th day of February, 1865, in the presence of certain officers, required by law to attend, who were duly notified for that purpose, and, as it also appears from the return of the sheriff, these jurors were all duly summoned. Ro question is made…
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