People v. . Jones
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered! Kovember 28, 1907, which affirmed a judgment of the Wyoming County Court, rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of keeping a disorderly house. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered! Kovember 28, 1907, which affirmed a judgment of the Wyoming County Court, rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of keeping a disorderly house. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. It was error for the trial court to permit the district attorney to prove that the town in which the alleged crime was committed was a “ no-license ” town. (People v. Myers, 101 N. Y. Supp. 291; People v. Gibson, 99 N. Y. Supp. 1052.) The offers on the part of…
1Per curiam
We think that this judgment should be reversed and that a new trial should be had, because of serious errors in the admission of evidence.
The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of keeping a disorderly house. There was sufficient evidence, if believed, that, within the provisions of section 322 of the Penal Code, she kept a house of so disorderly a character as to habitually disturb the peace, comfort and decency of the neighborhood.
The People were allowed to prove,, over the objection of the defendant, that the town of Castile, where the offense was alleged to have been…
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