Legal Opinion
In re the Grand Jury of Kings
New York County Courts
Decided January 29, 1952PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtLeibowitz, J.
A Grand Jury of Kings County is conducting an investigation into alleged corrupt alliances between bookmakers and alleged venal members of a so-called ‘ ‘ vice squad ’ ’ of the police department of the City of New York. This squad, of which the respondent was, until recently, a member, is chargeable with the duty of enforcing the gambling and other laws enacted for the suppression of vice.
The Grand Jury seeks to uncover any possible graft payments made by the book-makers to police officers, in return for which the book-makers’ illicit business would be operated without police interference.
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- People ex rel. Coyle v. TruesdellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- Henry v. Bank of SalinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1847
- People ex rel. Lewisohn v. Court of General SessionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People v. CahillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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- People ex rel. Gordon v. MurphyNew York Supreme Court · 1967