Andrews v. . Gardiner
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1916, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
The action is for libel. One Conrad, a doctor in the city of- New York, was convicted of the crime of attempted abortion. The plaintiff, who was then the attorney for the County Medical Society, had much to do with the prosecution. He laid the trap in which Conrad was caught. A woman visited Conrad and pretended to need his services. She did this at the plaintiff’s instance. She was acting as his ally and the ally of the police. Conrad was arrested in the act of examining her. He said that the purpose of the examination was innocent. A jury- found that it was criminal. His conviction was…
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