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IN RE BUCHANAN

No. 12. Original.

158 U.S. 31 (1895)

15 S.Ct. 723

39 L.Ed. 884

In re BUCHANAN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.J. Noah and Mr. Dennis A. Spellisey for petitioner.

Mr. John D. Lindsay opposing. Mr. John R. Fellows was on the brief.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Petitioner was tried in the Court of General Sessions of the city and county of New York upon an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, by poison, April 22, 1892. The trial was commenced March 20, 1893, and was concluded April 26 following by the rendition of a verdict of guilty. A motion for a new trial was denied, and petitioner was sentenced August 14, 1893, to the punishment of death upon...

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