People v. . Hinksman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a 'judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered June 28, 1906, at a trial term in and for the county of Suffolk, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first, degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The verdict was against the weight of evidence and justice requires that a new trial he granted.
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Appeal from a 'judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered June 28, 1906, at a trial term in and for the county of Suffolk, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first, degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The verdict was against the weight of evidence and justice requires that a new trial he granted. (People v. Place, 157 N. Y. 594; People v. Harris, 136 N. Y. 453.) The court committed reversible error in allowing evidence offered by the. People of a general bad reputaton of the defendant when he himself had not first placed in issue…
1Opinion of the CourtWeriter, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crime of murder in the first degree. The charge set forth in the indictment is that on the 30th day of 27ovember, 1905, the defendant did feloniously with premeditation and deliberation shoot Samuel Hinksman with a shot gun, inflicting wounds from which the victim died on the following day.
The deceased was a colored laboring man who lived in the village of Speonk and town of Southampton in the county of. Suffolk. He had been twice married. The first wife had died, and the second was not living with him. At the time of the homicide…
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