New York Court of Appeals February 26, 1901 (People v. . Maine)

Landon, J.

The defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree. The evidence tended to show that between twelve and one o’clock on the morning of May 29th, 1898, the defendant was walking northerly on the easterly side of Sullivan street, in the city of Elmira, toward his home on that street, and upon approaching the corner of Second street, which intersects Sullivan street, he heard