Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
New York County Courts
Decided January 15, 1930PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMosher, J.
The information in this case charges that the defendant “ did commit the crime of obtaining goods under false pretenses ” by feloniously and falsely obtaining goods “ on the express promise to sell a fat calf on the following Friday and pay for said goods.”
The information is the foundation of the justice’s jurisdiction (Code Crim,. Froc. § 145 el seq.; Shappee v. Curtis 142 App. Div. 155; People ex rel. Sampson v. Dunning, 113 id. 35, 39; McKelvey *565v. Marsh, 63 id. 396) and is defined in said section 145 as “ the allegation made to a magistrate, that a person has been guilty of some designated…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- People v. . DumarNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People v. ZambounisNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- People v. RathbunNew York Supreme Court · 1839
- People v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- People Ex Rel. Perkins v. . MossNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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3Cited by23 opinions
- People v. ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Duncombe v. State of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- People v. Patrick, New York County Courts1941
- People ex rel. Mertig v. JohnstonNew York Supreme Court · 1946
- People v. FattizziAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1978
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