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People v. Swift

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1936PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBosenman, J.

The defendant, Anna Swift, was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions of keeping a disorderly house and maintaining a public nuisance in violation of sections 1146 and 1530 of the Penal Law and was sentenced to three months in the workhouse. Pending an appeal from that conviction, she now makes this motion for a certificate of reasonable doubt to be admitted to bail.

The conviction was based principally upon the testimony of two female inmates of the establishment maintained by the defendant and the testimony of a police officer who made several visits to the defendant’s house to obtain…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. People v. . MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  3. People v. . RichardsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  4. People v. Noelke & MarksNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  5. People v. JackersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. BrocklehurstCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
  2. Guthrie v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
  3. People v. ConaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  4. People v. KarassikNew York Supreme Court · 1977
  5. People v. BronskiCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1973

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