People v. Polstein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Jacob Polstein, from a judgment of the County Court of Bronx county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 1st day of June, 1917, convicting him of the crime of manslaughter in the second degree, and also from the orders forming part of the judgment roll, and from an order denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, and also from an order denying his motion in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
On August 23, 1916, a building collapsed on the east side of Marion avenue between One Hundred and Eighty-seventh and One Hundred and Eighty-eighth streets killing two men and injuring about twelve other workmen employed on that budding. The building at the time of the collapse had been in the course of construction for a period of about six weeks. There were in effect two buildings being erected. The northerly one had been carried to the roof tier of beams; the southerly one had been built to the fifth floor. The owner for whom the building was being constructed was the corporation…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dougherty v. . MillikenNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Fox v. ParkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Fox v. Buffalo ParkNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Nelson v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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- People v. Joseph, New York County Courts1958
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- People v. Buffington, New York County Courts1969
- People v. HoffmanNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1937
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