Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The indictment in this cause was for murder in the first degree, and was found in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the county of Somerset. At the December Term, 1895, of said court the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to death. A writ of error was subsequently allowed by the Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beasley, Chief Justice.
This trial took place before the Oyer and Terminer of the county of Somerset, and resulted in a conviction of the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The case is now before this court through the medium of a writ of error allowed by the Chancellor.
The first exception to these proceedings urged in the brief of counsel is that the case has been tried before a tribunal that did not exist. This contention is founded on the provision of the statute enacted June 13th, 1895, and which is entitled “An act to abolish the…
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