People v. . McGonegal
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made December 31, 1891, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of ¡New York, convicting the defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Every part of this case is reviewable on the appeal. (Code Grim.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made December 31, 1891, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of ¡New York, convicting the defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Every part of this case is reviewable on the appeal. (Code Grim. Pro. § 517.) The defendant is as fully entitled to the protection of the law as is the prosecution, and to greater protection, for the law seeks, and intends, to…
1Opinion of the CourtMaynard, J.
The defendant, a physician, was convicted at the New York General Sessions, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, for causing the death of a young unmarried woman by the felonious use of instruments in order to produce an abortion.
The first exceptions, deserving attention, relate to the disposition of the challenges of the parties to individual jurors. The prosecution was permitted to reserve its right of peremptory challenge in each case until after the challenges on both sides for actual bias had been disposed of ; but was required to exercise such right, if it desired to do so,…
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