People v. Marano

This is a motion for a new trial under section 465 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, paragraph 7, providing for another trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. The defendant was indicted on March 28, 1918, for the murder of one Morello on September 7, 1916. He was tried in this court on May 6 to May 18, 1918, and, on the last mentioned day, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and on May 20, 1918, was sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for a term of from twenty years to life. He appealed from the judgment on October 23, 1918, and on June 25, 1920, the judgment of conviction…