Legal Opinion
People v. Edmondson
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided May 10, 1938PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
Three indictments were returned against this defendant on June 11, 1936. Each charges a violation of sections 1340 and 1341 of the Penal Law, i. e., the crime of publishing a libel. In one of the indictments the person alleged to be libeled is Frances Perkins; in another, Virginia C. Gildersleeve. The third indictment charges a libel against “ All persons of the Jewish Religion.”
Since the filing of these indictments, various motions have been made by the defendant to inspect the minutes of the grand jury, to dismiss the indictments, to withdraw the plea of not guilty and interpose a demurrer,…
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