People v. . Welch
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the general term of the supreme court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made December 20, 1893, which affirmed a judgment of the court of general sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York entered upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the second degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Ch. J.
The defendant was convicted at the court of general sessions held in and for the city and county of New York, of the crime of manslaughter in the second degree, upon an indictment charging him with having, on the 15th of June, 1891, upon the Hudson river in said city and county, feloniously and willfully propelled and forced the steam tug “F. W. De Voe,” upon which he then was, against the yacht “Amelia,” on which was one Francis Jackson, thereby forcing the said Francis Jackson into the river, and causing his death hy drowning. The record contains an agreed statement of the…
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