People v. Burns
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William J. Bums, from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Part VI, rendered against him on the 26th day of January, 1917, convicting him of violating subdivision 3 of section 553 of the Penal Law.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The defendant appeals from a conviction in the Court of Special Sessions of the crime of violating subdivision 3 of section 553 of the Penal Law.
The material facts disclosed upon the trial may be briefly summarized as follows:
In the latter part of 1915 and the early part of 1916 the banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., of the city of New York, was the fiscal agent in this country of both Great Britain and France, and in that capacity were engaged in making large purchases of munitions of war and other articles required by said foreign countries in the prosecution of the great war in…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Sherwin v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- People v. BihlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Keene v. WheatleyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1819
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- Reimel v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967