Walker v. . People of the State of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Error to the Supreme Court, General Term in the First Department, to review the judgment of affirmance in this case, reported at page 7 of this volume. The points of counsel in this appeal were the same as those given in the report of this case in the Supreme Court, General Term, at page 9.
1Opinion of the CourtRapallo, J.
The prisoner was indicted and tried in the court of general sessions of the city of New York for abducting one Katie Ilennessy, a child between seven and eight years of age. The evidence tended to show that the purpose of the abductor was to take indecent liberties with her. The defense was insanity, and evidence was adduced on the part of the prisoner-in support of that defense.
The only errors alleged in- the ease are the refusal of the recorder to charge certain propositions submitted by the counsel for dhe prisoner, and the charge of the recorder on the subject of the proof of insanity…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- People v. GarbuttMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- Dejarnette v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- The People v. . McCannNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Hopps v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Brotherton v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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- Adair v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- State v. BallouSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1898
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