People v. Tirnauer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court of Queens county, rendered on May 31, 1912, convicting him of the crime of arson in the second degree, and also from an order, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on October 28, 1912, denying his motion for a new trial.
1Per curiam
Defendant was convicted in the Queens County Court of arson on May 31, 1912. His motion for a new trial was denied on October 28, 1912. A certificate of reasonable doubt had been granted in July, 1912. Yet the case was not settled for over eight years, during which defendant has been out on bail. It was heard here on'March 8, 1921. No blame for this delay may be attributed to the present district attorney of Queens county, who took office January first of this year. The trial record shows improper interruptions and remarks by the over-zealous counsel for the prosecution, and evidence of…
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