People v. Van Zile
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Benjamin S. Van Zile, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the lTth day of March, 1913, convicting him of the crime of attempting to bribe a witness, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office denying defendant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
This appeal is from a judgment convicting the defendant of the crime of attempting to bribe a witness.
The indictment charges the crime of attempting to bribe a witness, in violation of section 2440 of the Penal Law, and alleges that “ on the ninth day of January, 1913, in the county of Kings, there was pending and awaiting examination before the City Magistrate, a certain criminal proceeding, in the Seventh District Magistrate’s Court, Second Division of the City of New York, in which the said defendant Benjamin S. Van Zile was charged with the crime of manslaughter in the first…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. . Van ZileNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. LissSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- In re GinsbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1956