District Attorney v. Farrington

Plaintiff, the District Attorney of Nassau County, has in his possession a sum of money previously used as evidence upon a criminal trial against defendant Palmer D. Farrington who had been indicted for the crime of accepting illegal fees as a public officer. The trial resulted in the acquittal of said defendant and plaintiff now seeks to dispose of the evidence (a sum amounting to $8,550). Through this action in interpleader, a judicial determination of the right to possession of the fund is sought.

The complaint alleges that plaintiff is merely a stakeholder of the funds which were turned…