People v. . Dwyer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 6, 1914, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendants of the crime of conspiring to commit acts injurious to trade and commerce.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 6, 1914, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendants of the crime of conspiring to commit acts injurious to trade and commerce. The indictment charges in terms a violation of section 580 of the Penal Law in that the defendants and certain other persons 66 did conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, between and among themselves, * * * unlawfully to control and…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
Nineteen persons, including the appellants, were jointly indicted, charged with the crime of conspiracy as stated in section 580 of the Penal Law. The appellants, thirteen in number, have been convicted under such indictment. They appealed to the Appellate Division from the judgment of conviction, and the judgment was there unanimously affirmed.
The appellants insist that the judgment should be reversed because, as they allege, said section of the Penal Law was repealed prior to the finding of such indictment. The indictment was first found March 23, 1910. The Penal Law was first…
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