People v. Nelson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Alfred Nelson, from a judgment of the County Court of Albany county, rendered against the defendant on the 2d day of March, 1911, convicting him of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree upon which he was sentenced to imprisonment at Dannemorá for not less than ten years or more than nineteen years and six months.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
The defendant is convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree m causing the death of William Carl Ellis. *681They were friends and companions; Ellis was the larger and stronger man of the two. The evidence shows that Ellis was at times irritable and quarrelsome; the' defendant ordinarily peaceable and quiet. The defendant was the superintendent of an apartment house owned by the father of Ellis and Ellis was employed about the apartment under the superintendent. In the evening they were seen talking upon the street and approaching the apartment. They entered the room…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Shuster v. . HumphreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. FolletteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- People v. NelsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912