Legal Opinion

People v. Zucker

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided August 15, 1897PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Isaac Zucker, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 29th day of December, 1896, convicting him of the crime of arson in the first degree. •

1Opinion of the Court

Patterson, J.:

The appellant was convicted of the ■ crime for which he was indicted and tried upon the testimony of the witness Schoenholz, *364who swore that he set fire to the premises in Division street, and that he was employed, by Zucker to do so. One question arising in the ease is, as to corroboration of the statements of this witness Schoenholz, such corroboration being necessary in order that the proof of the defendant’s • guilt should not .rest altogether • on the unsupported testimony of an accomplice in the transaction. The record contains corroborating evidence, and it is to be found…

2Cited by37 opinions

  1. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. People v. . SweeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  3. People v. . CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. People v. . MarrinNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  5. People v. . BrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1911

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