People v. Long Island Railroad
New York Supreme Court
In these cases, indictments had been found against the defendants, in the county of Kings, for a public nuisance, and the indictments having been removed into the Supreme Court, the defendants moved, on affidavits, for a change of the place of trial. The facts and circumstances sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
*603 By the Court,
S. B. Strong, J.
The defendants have moved that the place of trial in these actions should be changed, on the ground that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county of Kings, where the indictments were found, and the facts upon which they are-based occurred.
There are reasons for which I would gladly have abstained from expressing an opinion upon the motion, but they are not such as to legally disqualify or exonerate me from participating in the decision, and as -my views differ to some extent from those expressed -by one of my brethren, I conceive that I am bound to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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