People v. Petersen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James Petersen,, from a judgment ¿f the Court of Special Sessions of the Peace in and for the city of New York, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 29th day of December 1899, convicting him of conspiracy for conspiring falsely to institute and maintain an action.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The charge was that Petersen, the defendant, with others, conspired with one Christine Sjogren to falsely institute an action for breach of a contract of marriage against one Fischer-Hansen, which is made a conspiracy by section 168 of the Penal Code.
The defendants Petersen and Christine Sjogren were tried and convicted in the Court of Special Sessions, and sentenced; Petersen alone appeals. A reading of the testimony satisfies us that the evidence was ample to warrant the conclusion reached by the-court, and the. only questions which we deem it necessary to consider are those…
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