The People v. . Dyle
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. Indictment for arson in tiring a barn, tried at the Greene Circuit, where the prisoner was convicted. The judgment having been affirmed at general term in the third district, the defendant appealed to thi court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court—Comstock, Ch. J.
The only direct evidence - of the prisoner’s guilt was given by his accomplice, Griffin. It was a part of his story, that, on the night of the arson, he and his confederates were at the house of William T. Huggins; that they went to bed there at an early hour; that they after-wards got up, went and committed the crime, and then returned to bed in the same house. The defendant produced no evidence to show that he was not at the house of Willianf T. Huggins on that night; and the judge instructed the jury that they might, if they thought proper, take this omission…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. CostelloCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
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