People v. Hochstim
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Max Hochstim, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of Hew York, entered on the 6th day of December, 1901, convicting the defendant of the crime of willfully and feloniously hindering a deputy superintendent of elections in the performance of his duty, and releasing and assisting in the escape of a prisoner from the custody of such officer. . .
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This appeal is from a judgment convicting the defendant of a felony for which he was sentenced to he imprisoned for a term of not less than one, nor more than three years. (Laws of 1901, chap. 425, adding Penal Code, § 687a.) The fact's set forth in the indictment as constituting the crime were, in substance, that on the 7th day of November, 1899, one William M. Chapman, a deputy superintendent of elections in and for the metropolitan election district, lawfully had in his custody and under arrest one James Bassett, who was guilty of a felony, in that he had falsely registered…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Craven v. BloomingdaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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