People v. . Bonier
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered January 25, 1905, at a Trial Term for the county of Erie upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree; also appeal from an order of the court at Special Term, entered January 13, 1905, which denied a motion for a change of venue. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
The annals of crime contain no more revolting story than that which is set forth in the pages of the record at bar. An aged man and wife, of pure and simple life, who together had trod the paths of industry and peace for more than half a century, were brutally murdered in their own home in the city of Buffalo. The evidence of this atrocious crime was purely circumstantial, and it led to the accusation and indictment of the defendant, who had himself then passed the scriptural milestone of three score and ten. The motive ascribed for the deed was the defendant’s desire to obtain the Freher…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ruloff v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- People v. . BonierNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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- People v. LeviaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
- People v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
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