People v. Malcolm
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction rendered in the seventh district Magistrates’ Court on the 8th day of February, 1915, convicting the defendant of being a disorderly person under subdivision 3 of section 899 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which reads as follows: “ The following are disorderly persons * * * 3. Persons pretending to tell fortunes, or where lost or stolen goods may be found.”
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, J.:
The evidence against the defendant in this case consists of the testimony of Isabella Goodwin, a police officer, who testified that on the 18th day of January, 1915, she interviewed this *206defendant in the latter’s premises at 251 West One Hundred and Ninth street. She testified that she asked the defendant for a two dollar reading; that the defendant seated herself in-a chair and asked her the date of her birth, and upon learning it informed the witness that she was born under the sign of Pisces. She then gave her advice against hurrying, saying it would hurt her feet, and saying that…
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