People v. Allen

Sometime between 10:00 p.m. and midnight on March 20, 1947, in defendant’s small apartment in Geneva, N. Y., Anna Allen, defendant’s wife, suffered a deep abdominal wound from a kitchen knife. She died in a hospital at about 11:00 p.m. on March 25, 1947. Defendant, alone with his wife when she was cut, was charged with the fatal wounding and, indicted for murder, second degree, was convicted of manslaughter, first degree.

The proof at the trial may be considered under these five heads:

1. Testimony as to the condition of the wife when found in the apartment by a lodger, and when received at the…