People v. Kathan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Putherford W. Kathan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered against the defendant On .the 27th day of April, 1909, after atrial at the Kings County Trial Term, upon the verdict of a jury, convicting him of the crime of bribery. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On April 27, 1909, the defendant, a lawyer, was convicted upon an indictment under section 113 of the Penal Code (Penal Law, § 2440) charging him with giving a bribe' to a person about to be called as a witness, upon the understanding or agreement that the testimony of such person should thereby be influenced, and, in a separate count, with feloniously and ...fraudulently attempting^ to induce said witness to withhold true testimony.
The indictment was based on the following facts: One Louis Wolf was indicted for grand larceny by the grand jury of Kings county, and retained, the…
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