Legal Opinion

People v. Ray

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

Decided July 1, 1899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Thomas J. Ray, from a judgment of the County Court of Orange county in fayor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 14th day of February, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of feloniously receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen.

1Opinion of the Court

Hatch, J.:

I dissent from the doctrine announced by the presiding justice in his opinion in this case. After a careful reading of the testimony I am unable to find that any technical error was committed upon the trial. Certainly there is none, in my opinion, which was the subject of any- valid exception, and no ground for reversal exists in this regard. I am, however, impressed with the idea that the disr trict attorney went considerably beyon-d the line of propriety in his examination upon subjects which the court .had properly excluded as improper for consideration by the jury. It is quite…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dilleber v. . Home Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. SiefkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. Kaufman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Maier v. HomanNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1871
  5. Owen v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wertheimer & Goldberg v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1929
  2. People v. WeisenbergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. O'Donnell v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
  4. People v. DinserNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1905
  5. People v. Grushkin, New York County Courts1936

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