People v. Cravath
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Application to punish a witness for contempt of court.
1Opinion of the CourtRosalsky, J.
Paul D. Cravath, the respondent, an attorney and conn sel or- at-1 a w, was subpoenaed as a witness before the grand jury, and, há'ving been duly sworn, was asked by the district attorney to testify as to what Thomas F. Ryan, his client, had told him in regard' to the sale to the Metropolitan Securities Company of a certain railway, known as the Wall & *200Cortlandt Street Ferries Company, regarding which sale the grand jury was conducting an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not “ the said Ryan and others in connection with the sale of the said Railroad Company had stolen…
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