People ex rel. Hummel v. Davy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Application by the relator, Abraham H. Hummel, for a writ of prohibition directed to the respondents restraining them from proceeding further in certain criminal actions against the relator instituted by indictments of the grand jury of the county of Hew York, a motion to set aside which had been denied.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
In January, 1904, Charles F. Dodge was indicted by the grand jury of the county of Hew York for the crime of perjury committed in an affidavit used on a motion to procure an order setting aside a decree of divorce obtained against him by his wife. In January, 1905, the grand jury had under investigation a charge of conspiracy by Dodge and others, in unlawfully procuring the dissolution of this decree and the annulment of the wife’s subsequent marriage to Charles W. Morse, as well as the subornation of Dodge to commit the perjury for which he stood indicted.
The relator is an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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