Legal Opinion

People v. Sessions

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1882PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Motion on behalf of the defendant to remove an indictment from the court of sessions of Albany county to the court of oyer and terminer of the same county.

1Opinion of the CourtWestbbook, J.

— Since the argument of this motion, on Saturday afternoon last, I have been constantly occupied with the Ulster circuit, the session of which has closed this (January 20, 1882) morning. The public interest manifested in this case, the gravity of the charge, and the social and political standing of the parties implicated, as well as the unsettled condition of the law in regard to a motion of this character, unite in requiring a statement of the reasons for judicial action, which could not, owing to my engagements in court, as above stated, be sooner prepared.

At the Albany sessions in June,…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Staunton Coal Co. v. MenkIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Jaques v. ChandlerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
  3. People v. NyeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
  4. People v. RourkeNew York Supreme Court · 1882
  5. People v. ScannellNew York Supreme Court · 1901

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