People v. Finkelstein

This is an application to adjudge Jerry Finkelstein guilty of contempt of court for contumaciously and unlawfully refusing to answer legal questions before the Fourth Grand Jury, January, 1951, Term of this court, and to punish him therefor.

*1081Mr. Finkelstein was called as a witness before this Grand Jury in connection with their investigation into an alleged $10,000 payment by John P. Crane, then president of the Uniformed Firemen’s Association, in October, 1949, to Mayor William O ’Dwyer, a candidate, at the time, for re-election. On the question of whether he had known of or had witnessed or…