New York Court of Appeals March 24, 1874 (Donohue v. . People of the State of N.Y.)

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 210 The prisoner, a convict in the State prison at Auburn, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, for killing Elihu Moore, another convict, by stabbing him with a sharp knife.