Legal Opinion

People v. . Corey

New York Court of Appeals

Decided November 22, 1898PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Appeal from a judgment, convicting the defendant of murder in the first degree, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.

The defendant was indicted for the murder of James George, an Indian, on the 27th of September, 1894, at the house of Orson Webb, in the town of Eaton, Madison county. This house was a shanty, 12 or 13 feet by 16, rudely built of boards nailed to four posts set in the ground, and covered with the same material. It had no cellar or foundation, and the rough plank floor had numerous apertures. There was but a single'room, with no partitions, but one door, which was on the south side, and near the south west corner, and but one window, which was on the west side. The structure was situated in…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. People v. . ThornNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  3. State v. DickinsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  5. People v. . LeonardiNew York Court of Appeals · 1894

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. People v. . FieldingNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  2. People v. NievesNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. SugdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. People v. SandersNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. People v. NisonoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1944

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