People v. . Jones

Hiscock, J.:

The defendant has been charged with and convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree because, as alleged, he shot one Bunn on Sunday, September 1, 1907, in the town of Plempstead.

We are asked to reverse the judgment upon the usual grounds of insufficiency of evidence and errors of the trial judge in the conduct of the trial. The first contention that the evidence was insufficient relates to the People’s case not only upon the general issue of deliberate and premeditated killing, but also upon the special issue of the defendant’s responsibility raised by the plea of…