Excerpt from Reports of Decisions in Criminal Cases Made at Term, at Chambers, and in the Courts of Oyer and Terminer of the State of New York, Vol. 1 The want of Criminal Reports has long been felt, both by the Bench and the Bar. Very few decisions in criminal cases have found their way into the Supreme Court Reports. This has been owing partly to the fact that, until very recently, there was no mode provided by law for reviewing a decision made. Against the Prosecution by a court of Oyer and Termi ner. In such cases, therefore, the decisions made at the Oyer and Termin'er were final. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.