People v. Molineux
New York Supreme Court
Morion in behalf of defendant to discharge an indictment against him for the crime of murder, first degree, in causing the death of of one Mrs. Adams, by sending through the mail, addressed to one Cornish, a poison package, and some of which poison Mrs. Ad arris, took and from which she died.
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Morion in behalf of defendant to discharge an indictment against him for the crime of murder, first degree, in causing the death of of one Mrs. Adams, by sending through the mail, addressed to one Cornish, a poison package, and some of which poison Mrs. Ad arris, took and from which she died. The grounds of the motion are that other than legal evidence was given before the grand jury, and that sufficient legal evidence was not- given before the grand jury te authorize the finding of an indictment.
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
For the purposes of this motion I shall assume that the court has power, to grant the relief asked for, if the grounds of' the motion are satisfactorily established.
I have examined the cases to which my attention has been called, bearing upon this question: People v. Willis, 23 Misc. Rep. 568, Van Wyck, J.; People v. Winant, 24 id. 361, Dickey, J.; People v. Petrea, 92 N. Y. 128, Andrews, Ch. J.; People v. Clark, *818 N. Y. Crim. 169, Van Brunt, J.; People v. Lindenborn, 23 Misc. Rep. 426, Fursman, J.; People v. Brickner, 8 N. Y. Crim. 217, Rumsey, J.; People v. Vaughan, 19 Misc. Rep. 298; 11 N.…
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- The People v. . PetreaNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- People v. WillisNew York Supreme Court · 1898
- McKay v. . LasherNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People v. LindenbornNew York Supreme Court · 1897
- People v. Vaughan, New York County Courts1897
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