People v. Buchanan
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Robert W. Buchanan was convicted oí murder in the first degree, and moves for an arrest of judgment, and a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH,
Recorder. The trial of this case commenced on the 20th of March, 1893, and was concluded on the 26th of April following by the rendition of a verdict convicting the defendant of murder in the first degree. Seven days were occupied in the selection of the jury from among about 200 talesmen who were examined as to their qualifications as jurors. The trial was an unusually protracted one, the evidence very voluminous on both sides, and mainly circumstantial and expert in its character, requiring a higher order of intelligence than is usually found in petit jurors, as well as great care on…
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