Legal Opinion

People v. Harrington

New York Court of Sessions

Decided November 15, 1884Published

Motion on the part of the people that the defendants, John Harrington and George Messer, Jr., be sentenced on a plea of guilty.

1Opinion of the Court

Nott, County Judge.

At the June term of the court in 1883, the defendants, Harrington and Messer, were indicted for the crime of burglary in the second degree, and upon their arraignment each entered a plea of guilty. After their pleas, *140this court, County Judge Van Alstyne presiding, suspended sentence, and each was discharged from custody. In November, 1884, the defendants were committed to jail by one of the policé justices of tin's city, charged with another crime. The district-attorney, on December 5, 1884, caused the defendants to be brought into this court, and moved that each be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hartung v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  2. People v. MorrisetteCourt Of Oyer And Terminer New York · 1860
  3. The People v. . ParkNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  4. Park v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1869

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