People v. . Greenwall
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the defendant, John Greenwall, from a judgment entered upon a conviction of murder in the first degree, rendered by the Court of Sessions of Kings County, Hon. Henry A. Moore, County Judge of Kings County, presiding. The defendant was jointly indicted with Charles Miller, for the murder of Lyman S. Weeks. The indictment contained two counts.
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Appeal by the defendant, John Greenwall, from a judgment entered upon a conviction of murder in the first degree, rendered by the Court of Sessions of Kings County, Hon. Henry A. Moore, County Judge of Kings County, presiding. The defendant was jointly indicted with Charles Miller, for the murder of Lyman S. Weeks. The indictment contained two counts. The first, charging the killing of Lyman S. Weeks from deliberate and premeditated design to effect his death; and second, charging the same killing to have been done while the defendant was engaged in the commission of a burglary and larceny in…
1Opinion of the Court
Upon this first appeal the Court of Appeals delivered February 7, 1888, the following opinion :
Eabl, J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Lyman S; Weeks, in the City of Brooklyn, on the 15th day of March, 1887. He was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and has brought this appeal directly to this court under chapter 493 of the Laws of 1887.
It is undisputed that Mr. Weeks was killed by a pistol-shot fired by some person who had burglariously entered his house in the night-time. There was no witness who saw or heard the shot fired, or was able to testify that the…
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