People v. Johnston
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant, Charles Johnson, from a judgment entered upon a verdict in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Seneca County, upon a conviction of defendant of murder in the first degree. Defendant was jointly indicted with two others for murder, and separately tried. The facts fully appear in the opinion of the General Term.
1Opinion of the CourtBeadlet, J.
The defendant was arrested by virtue of
a warrant issued by a justice of the peace of Seneca County charged with the commission of the crime of burglary and grand larceny in the first degree, and after an examination was had before the magistrate he was on two commitments issued by the justice, one charging grand latceny in the first degree, and the other burglary in the third degree, taken to the jail of the county and shackles put upon his ankles January 8, 188J. And Caldwell and Fisk were also confined in the jail, shackled in like manner. On the fol*400lowing day they, by means of knives made…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The People v. . LyonNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Eastwood v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1855