Legal Opinion

People v. . Wilson

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 19, 1897PublishedCited by 44 opinions

The defendant was convicted in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York of the crime of burglary in the second degree, as a second offense. The indictmint contained three counts.

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The defendant was convicted in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York of the crime of burglary in the second degree, as a second offense. The indictmint contained three counts. The first count, after alleging the previous conviction, charged the defendant with burglary in. the first degree, second offense, in having forcibly entered the dwelling house of one Frances M. Barnes, in the nighttime, with intent to steal her property, and that he was assisted by a confederate, one William King. The second count charged the defendant with grand larceny…

1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.

Aside from the reporter’s memorandum at the foot of the opinion rendered in the Appellate Division , nothing in the appeal book shows whether the affirmance of the judgment upon the verdict was by a unanimous decision of the Court or not. But a consideration of the evidence satisfies us that it was sufficient to support the verdict of the jury, and the opinion, which was filed upon the affirmance in the Appellant Division, carefully and satisfactorily reviews all the material questions in the casei except one; to which reference will hereafter be made.

The opinion of the Court, with great…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Knickerbocker v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  2. Hawker v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. People v. KernsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Rosenthal v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. People v. DaghitaNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  3. People v. . KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  4. Kasle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1916
  5. People Ex Rel. Pincus v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1937

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