People v. Nelson

Defendant appeals from a criminal conviction of manslaughter in the first degree. The indictment charged him in particular with violation of subdivisions b and c of section 187 of the Multiple Dwelling Law, in not having a means of egress extending through the roof of a four-family, multiple dwelling which he owned at 71 Lefferts *237Place, Brooklyn, and in failing to have two independent means of egress from the building or one means of egress equipped with a sprinkler system. Violations are misdemeanors (§ 304). On November 17,1952, this building burned. There is evidence in the record from…