People v. . Gaimari
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in. the county of Hew York, rendered February 27, 1903, upon, a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree; also from two orders of said court denying motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, respectively.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in. the county of Hew York, rendered February 27, 1903, upon, a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree; also from two orders of said court denying motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, respectively. The indictment charged that on the 6th of October, 1902, at the borough of Manhattan, county of Hew York, the defendant, feloniously and with malice aforethought, took the life of Josephine Santa Petro by shooting her with a revolver. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Vann, J.:
At the time of the homicide the defendant lived with his wife in a double tenement house, known as Ho. 56 Roosevelt street, in the city of Hew York, and Josephine Santa Retro, the deceased, lived with her husband in the same-building. The defendant worked in Jersey City, and the deceased was janitress of the building in which both resided. He was thirty-one years old, weighed 130- or 135 pounds, and was not quite as tall as the deceased, who was about forty years of age, five feet and six inches in height, weighed from 175 to 180 pounds, and was a strong, robust, muscular woman. They…
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