People v. . Van Wormer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeals from a judgment, of the Supreme Court, rendered at a Trial Term for the county of Columbia, April 18, 1902, upon a verdict convicting defendants of the crime of murder in the first, degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
The three appellants, with one Harvey Bruce, were indicted for murder in the first degree in having feloniously, willfully and with malice aforethought, and with a deliberate and premeditated design to effect his death, killed Peter A. Hallenbeek on the 24th of December, 1901. The case seems to have been tried with that degree of care which should mark every capital prosecution, not less in justice to a defendant, whose life is at stake than to the People, who are interested that in case of the guilt of the accused there shall be no miscarriage of justice on account of failure to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Linsday v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- State v. BarrowsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1884
- Wixson v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1860
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