Legal Opinion
People v. Peck
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1893PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from court of sessions, Albany county. Charles F. Peck and Elbert Rogers were indicted for the willful destruction and removal of public documents. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the people appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The respondents were jointly indicted for the alleged crime of removing and destroying public documents. The full text of the indictment is as follows:
“The grand jury of the comity of Albany accuse Charles F. Peck and Elbert Kogers of the crime of removing and destroying public documents, committed as follows: The said Charles F. Peck, heretofore and at the time of the commission of the acts hereafter stated, was, and now is, the commissioner of statistics of labor of the state of New York,—a public officer and a public office duly created by an act of the legislature of the state of New…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- The People v. . ConroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- People v. . WestNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Fleming v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- People v. . KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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