People v. Rogers
New York Supreme Court
Applications for writ of error and stay. Henry Rogers was convicted of the murder of John Donohue, in the oyer and terminer of the county of Kings. In November, 1873, he applied to a judge of the supreme court in that county, for a writ of error and stay of proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
The prisoner has been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged on the 6th proximo. This application is for the allowance of a writ of. error with a stay of proceedings upon the judgment. The time being short, I have-at the solicitation of the prisoner’s counsel consented to hear the application notwithstanding no bill of exception has as yet been settled, and for that reason the application could not regularly be made.
The counsel for the prisoner are mistaken in supposing that the prisoner is entitled to the writ of error as a matter of right. On the contrary, the…
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- People v. HammillCourt Of Oyer And Terminer New York · 1855
- Lanergan v. PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Rodgers v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1858
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