People v. Onody

There was ample proof to sustain the defendant’s conviction under the second count based on subdivision 2 of section 483 of the Penal Law for having placed a child of eleven years in such a situation that her morals were likely to be impaired. The defendant contends that such a conclusion is in conflict with People v. Lindloff (259 App. Div. 749). We do not think the statute can be so narrowly construed as to exclude from its terms the indecent treatment to which the child was subjected in this case, and if the decision in the Lindloff case (supra) is to the contrary we disapprove it. The…