The indictment to which the defendant pleaded guilty charged him with attempting to kill his father "from a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of his father", by putting a quantity of potassium cyanide into a cup of coffee which he had poured for his father's breakfast. The defendant was sentenced to the Elmira Reformatory, pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 261 of the Penal Law specifying the punishment for an attempt to commit a crime which is punishable...
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