People v. Cohen

This is a motion for a new trial of Joseph Cohen, who was tried in June and July, 1917, for the murder of Barnett Baff on November 24,1914. He was convicted and sentenced to be executed. He obtained several respites, and after the recantation of Sorro, a witness at his trial, and a very extensive inquiry, conducted before a judge of the Court of General Sessions sitting as a magistrate, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

The application for a new trial is made on the well recognized ground of newly discovered evidence, the *160newly discovered evidence in this case being that of the…