People v. Naughton
Court Of Oyer And Terminer New York
Indictments for violation of election laws. James Naughton, Mr. Buckley and others, were indicted by the grand jury in the county of Kings, for alleged frauds in the conduct of the elections in 1869. Mr. Justice Pbatt presided at the January term of the court of oyer and terminer, into which these cases had been removed from the court of sessions.
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Indictments for violation of election laws. James Naughton, Mr. Buckley and others, were indicted by the grand jury in the county of Kings, for alleged frauds in the conduct of the elections in 1869. Mr. Justice Pbatt presided at the January term of the court of oyer and terminer, into which these cases had been removed from the court of sessions. A motion was made by the counsel for the accused, at the January term of the oyer and terminer, to compel the district-attorney to furnish counsel for the defense with a copy of the minutes taken by the grand jury, and also to furnish the names of…
1Opinion of the CourtPratt, J.
This is a motion on part of defendants
to compel the district-attorney to furnish a list of the witnesses examined before the grand jury, and to allow the accused or their counsel to examine the minutes made by the grand jury in finding the indictment, the same being in the hands of the district-attorney.
The motion papers set forth that the accused were indicted without any preliminary examination before a magis rate ; that they have no means of knowing the particular time, place or circumstances relied on by the people; that at different times during the day upon which the charges are laid, a…
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