People v. . Rice
New York Court of Appeals
. Appeal from a judgment of the supreme court, rendered at a trial term for the county of Ohautauqna, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
Shortly after 3 o’clock in the afternoon of the 25th day of March, 1898, this defendant stabbed his wife, Mary Rice, with a knife, several times, inflicting such wounds that she died immediately after the stabbing was ended. The details of the butchery, for it was nothing else, need not be given, for the killing, and the manner of it, are not in controversy. Several persons saw the defendant stab his wife, and testified to that effect. The evidence introduced tending to show motive was to the effect that the defendant had had difficulty with his wife, which resulted in their living apart from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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