People v. Starks
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Niagara county court; Lewis, Justice. Harmon Starks was convicted of a violation of the excise law in the court of special sessions, which judgment was affirmed by the Niagara county court, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, J.
The defendant in the first appeal, the relator in the second, was convicted, in a court of special sessions in Niagara county, of a violation of the excise law, and sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and be confined in the Erie county penitentiary for the term of four months. Upon a certified copy of such conviction and sentence, he was delivered to the custody of the keeper of the Erie county penitentiary; but, having already appealed from the judgment to the court of sessions of Niagara county, and the appeal being allowed, he was, on the same day, admitted to bail, pending the appeal, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lattimore v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1854
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Cook v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1889