People v. Bonifacio
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Giovanni Bonifacio, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered on the 16th day of November, 1904, at the Montgomery Trial Term, convicting him of the crime of murder in the second degree, and also from an order entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery on the 9th day of November, 1905, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The defendant has been convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting to death one Kalph Di Scibio on the 7th of August, 1904. Di Scibio at that time was the proprietor of an Italian shanty near the city of Amsterdam, which shanty he occupied as a store and in which he also furnished lodgings for some Italians, including defendant, who were engaged in the construction of a highway in the immediate vicinity. There is no substantial dispute as to what occurred just before and *123just after the fatal shooting. Deceased and defendant quarreled over a small indebtedness owed by…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- People v. Superior CourtNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- Andersen v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- State v. O'BrienMontana Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. ChurchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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