People v. . Harvey

Crane, J.:

At a term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Nassau in June of 1921, the defendant was convicted of the crime of bribery, and sentenced to state prison. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division for the second department, two of the justices dissenting, the presiding justice granting to the defendant a certificate of reasonable doubt, pending his appeal to this court, on the ground that certain evidence was improperly admitted.

The witnesses against the defendant were Matthew J. O’Neill, a hackman by trade, previously convicted of crime;…