Innes v. Cosgrove

Heretofore the grand jury of Richmond county directed the district attorney of that county, pursuant to the provisions of section 742 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to file an information in the Court of Special Sessions charging Carl A. Richter, one of its own members, with a violation of sections 1782 and 1783 of the Penal Law. Those sections prohibit the disclosure of specified confidential matter relating to proceedings had before the grand jury. On July 25, 1941, the grand jury direction was approved by the county judge of Richmond county. The district attorney thereupon filed the…