Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Gellis v. Sheriff
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 28, 1929PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Relator is in custody under a warrant directing his surrender to the State of South Carolina in interstate rendition proceedings. (U. S. Const, art. IV, sec. 2, par. 2.) He has sued out a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the sufficiency of the complaining affidavit as a charge of crime.
The affidavit reads: “ That Stanley Gellis, on or about the 20th day of - January, 1928, by false pretense and false representations obtained from her, the said J. Louise Hill, certain property, consisting of valuable securities [reciting them], which were at said time of the value, in the aggregate, of not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Lawrence v. . BradyNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- People v. . PeckensNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Deyo v. . HudsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Glover v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
- People ex rel. Lipshitz v. BessengerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1947
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