People v. Fish
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hyman Fish, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of New York, rendered against him on the 29th day of January, 1915, convicting him of the crime of forgery in the third degree, and also from two orders denying his motions for ' an arrest of judgment and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Hotchkiss, J.:
The indictment charged defendant with forgery in the third degree in that he aided and abetted one Gertrude Gutman, an employee of Moses Gutman and Harry Gutman, copartners in trade, in corruptly altering a certain account book appertaining to the business of the firm. It is apparent, therefore, that whether defendant was guilty of a crime must depend upon whether the act of Gertrude Gutman was a criminal act. Briefly, the salient facts of the alleged crime, as proven by the witnesses for the People, were as follows: The two Gut-mans were copartners under the firm name of M.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Isaacson v. . FallonNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
- People ex rel. Fish v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- People ex rel. Fish v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- People v. AndersonNew York Supreme Court · 1924