People v. . Wolf
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered September 29, 1905, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Hew York, rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of abduction.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered September 29, 1905, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Hew York, rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of abduction. The date when the defendant is alleged in the indictment to have committed the crime of abducting Katie Garfinkel, a female under the age of 18 years, for the purpose of prostitution, is May 17, 1904. TJpon the trial a serious question of fact arose out of discrepancies and conflict in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Vann, J.:
An unfair trial, especially in a criminal case, is a reproach of the administration of justice and casts grave responsibility not only upon the prosecuting officer but also upon the trial judge. However strong the evidence against the defendant may be, if she did not have a fair trial, as shown by the rulings of the court subject to proper objections and exceptions, the judgment of conviction should be reversed and a new trial ordered so that she may be tried according to law. We have repeatedly laid down the rule governing prosecuting officers ; in addressing the jury and to govern…
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