People v. Donohue
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lawrence J. Donohue, from a judgment of conviction of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of ¡New York, rendered on the 9th day of February, 1906.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The defendant has been convicted of endangering the health and morals of a girl of ten years, in violation of section 289 of the Penal Code, and is sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or in default to be imprisoned for 60 days. I think that the evidence did not justify the judgment.
The child and her sister, aged 9 years, in the afternoon of an August day were sitting on the ground near the lake in Prospect Park. The defendant, a policeman then on duty, came near to them and some innocent talk was had. Then he said to the child that there was a'bug upon her and put his hand upon her. So…
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