Reports of Select Cases Decided in the Courts of New York: Not Heretofore Reported, Or Reported Only PartiallyDiossy, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... counsel . He had therefore interposed this , in order to have the question settled . The ground taken was , that the Code , under which the complaint was filed , was unconstitutional . Edmonds , J .: In what respect is the Code alleged ...
... counsel . He had therefore interposed this , in order to have the question settled . The ground taken was , that the Code , under which the complaint was filed , was unconstitutional . Edmonds , J .: In what respect is the Code alleged ...
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... counsel , and told that they had got all the answer they wanted . - On his reëxamination , by the prosecution , he was asked what it was he had said in that regard . D. Graham , objected . Edmonds , J .: But you have yourselves ...
... counsel , and told that they had got all the answer they wanted . - On his reëxamination , by the prosecution , he was asked what it was he had said in that regard . D. Graham , objected . Edmonds , J .: But you have yourselves ...
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... counsel offered to prove several acts of this witness , going to show a desire to obtain from the prisoner pecuniary satisfaction for the injury which he had received by the death of his son , and what had taken place between him and ...
... counsel offered to prove several acts of this witness , going to show a desire to obtain from the prisoner pecuniary satisfaction for the injury which he had received by the death of his son , and what had taken place between him and ...
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... counsel for the prisoner , made the following points : I. In order to make homicide , by an act imminently dan- gerous to others . murder , it must be occasioned by an act com- mitted when the mind is in the same mood as would be neces ...
... counsel for the prisoner , made the following points : I. In order to make homicide , by an act imminently dan- gerous to others . murder , it must be occasioned by an act com- mitted when the mind is in the same mood as would be neces ...
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... counsel for the pris- oner , who had interposed the challenge , asked the juror if he had formed any opinion as to the prisoner's guilt ? The District Attorney objected to the question , on the ground that the juror was not obliged to ...
... counsel for the pris- oner , who had interposed the challenge , asked the juror if he had formed any opinion as to the prisoner's guilt ? The District Attorney objected to the question , on the ground that the juror was not obliged to ...
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Page 112 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 341 - When perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual : "3.
Page 109 - ... to be secretly confined or imprisoned in this state, or to be sent out of the state, or...
Page 302 - From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another ; or 2. By an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without...
Page 112 - ... Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued...
Page 104 - No person offered as a witness shall be excluded by reason of his interest in the event of the action.
Page 112 - ... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 343 - If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state...
Page 292 - The killing of a human being, unless it is excusable or justifiable, is murder in the first degree, when committed : 1. From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another ; or 2.
Page 185 - ... undoubted authority to control all persons and things within, their own territorial limits. When, therefore, both parties to a suit in a foreign country, are...