People v. . Spencer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York, rendered July 9, 1903, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. It was error on the part of the court to sustain the objection of the district attorney to the questions put to the witness, Hattie Ross, by the counsel for the defense.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York, rendered July 9, 1903, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. It was error on the part of the court to sustain the objection of the district attorney to the questions put to the witness, Hattie Ross, by the counsel for the defense. (People v. McElvaine, 125 N. Y. 601; Langley v. Wadsworth, 99 N. Y. 63; 3 Jones on Ev. 1806, § 821; People v. Conroy, 97 N. Y. 66; Garfield v. Kirk, 65 Barb. 464; State…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The indictment charges that on the fifteenth day of June, 1903, the defendant, with malice aforethought, shot and killed one Charles S. McFarlane. The proof discloses that on that day the defendant shot and killed McFarlane. The shooting occurred in the corridors of the Criminal Court building in the city of New York, where the decedent and another had appeared on that day for the purpose of prosecuting the defendant upon the charge of violating the policy law. This charge was preferred by the decedent, who was an agent of the Anti-Policy Society, and it was to him that the defendant…
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