The People v. . Crowley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, affirming á judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the city and county of New York, convicting the defendant of the crime of rape.
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Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, affirming á judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the city and county of New York, convicting the defendant of the crime of rape. Judgment of conviction was rendered against defendant in that court, May 18, 1885, for a rape upon one Maggie Morris, April 26, 1885. The defendant w;as sentenced to be imprisoned in the State prison at hard labor for the term of seventeen years and six months. The facts are fully stated in the report of the case at General Term (ante, p. 26)
1Opinion of the Court
Dakeoeth, J.—The
The appellant was convicted of the crime of rape at a Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of Mew York The judgment following that conviction has been affirmed by the General Term of the Supreme Court, and we find no reason to differ from the conclusion there reached. That the accused provided the opportunity and formed the intention to commit the crime was upon, the evidence too plain to admit of doubt, and whether he in fact completed it within the meaning of the statute (Penal Code, §§ 278, 280) was a question for the jury, and was properly…
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