Index to cases transferred by Clerk of Eighth Circuit to Supreme Court, 1847.
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New York (State). Court of Appeals
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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The court of appeals is New York State's highest court and court of last resort with appellate jurisdiction only. It hears cases on appeal from other appellate courts and sometimes from trial courts. Its review is generally limited to questions of law; in capital cases it may rule on both law and fact. The court of appeals also reviews determinations of the Commission on Judicial Conduct. ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY. Under British colonial rule, appeals fro...
New York State, Supreme court
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Czolgosz fatally wounded President William McKinley at the Pan- American Exposition, 6 Sept. 1901. From the description of The People of the State of New York vs. Leon Czolgosz : transcript, 1901 Sept. 23-26. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113709 Mr. Shaeffer, trader, lived in the village of Manlius, in the county Onondaga, New York. He was in debt (2,882 pounds or $7,205) to Leonard Ganswoort and Philip S[chuyler?] Van Rensselaer. From the descr...
New York State Court of Chancery
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Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1788 gave the Court of Chancery the responsibility for overseeing the well being and property of persons deemed idiots or lunatics and infant trustees (persons under the age of 21 whose person and estate are under the care of a trustee of guardian). This responsibility was extended to habitual drunkards by Chapter 109 of the Laws of 1821. The power of the Chancellor to appoint a committee or receiver for an idiot or lunatic is derived from English precedent. His power t...
