Taylor v. People
New York Supreme Court
Writ of error to tlie Court of General Sessions of Wayne county, to review the conviction of tlie plaintiff in error of burglary in the first degree. The defendant and one Alphonsus T. Butts were jointly indicted at the Wayne County Oyer and Terminer. The indictment was sent to the Wayne County Sessions for trial. The district attorney moved the separate trial of the defendant, and the same was there. had.
1Opinion of the Court
Taloott, J.:
The writ of error in this case brings up a record of a conviction for the crime of burglary in the first degree, before the General Sessions of Wayne county.
The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted with one Alphonsus T. Butts, as principal in the commission of the crime, but Butts was not arraigned on the indictment, and the trial was had upon the indictment against the plaintiff in error alone.
On the trial, Butts was called as a witness for the people, no nolle proseguí having been entered as to him, and no formal motion having been made that he be admitted as a witness in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Tweed v. . LiscombNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Kane v. PeopleCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
- Linsday v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- People v. RyndersNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Woodford v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
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