People v. Bushnell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George W. Bushnell, from a judgment of the.Court of General Sessions of the .Peace in and for the city and county of ¡New York, entered on the 28th day of June, 1901, convicting him of the crime of sodomy, and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J. :
The appellant contends that the court erred in denying his motion to direct an acquittal, and his counsel argues that tlie evidence was insufficient to warrant a conviction. The evidence has been examined in the light of the criticism of the counsel for appellant, and we are of opinion that it was not only sufficient to require the submission of the case to the jury, but that any other verdict than one of guilty would have been a miscarriage of justice. It is claimed that the People relied on the testimony of the individual who will*6ingly submitted to the .unnatural acts and who,…
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