People v. Williams

Chief Judge Conway.

The defendant Walter Williams was convicted of selling a quantity of heroin at his home to one James Giles on the evening of July 17, 1956. Giles, the prin*21cipal witness for the People, testified to the actual sale by the defendant, and his testimony was substantially as follows. At about 5:30 p.m. on the day in question Giles telephoned the defendant at his home and, during a cryptic conversation in which they spoke in terms of laundry, the defendant told Giles how to come by bus to his home in East Elmhurst, Long Island. Giles came from Manhattan to the defendant’s home…