People v. Webster
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of oyer and terminer, New York county. Indictment of Burton C. Webster for murder. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The indictment charged the defendant with murder in the first degree, in having, on the 2d day of August, 1891, shot and killed one Charles E. Goodwin. The killing was admitted, but, as a defense, the act was claimed to have been justifiable homicide. The issue thus joined, upon evidence presented by the people and the prisoner, was resolved by the verdict of the jury in finding the defendant guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree; and it is from the judgment entered upon such verdict that this appeal is taken.
The deceased was a bachelor, 35 years of age, engaged in the…
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- Carpenter v. . WardNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
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