People v. Flack
New York Supreme Court
•Appeal from court of oyer and terminer, FTew York county. Indictment against James A. Flack, Joseph Meeks, and William L. Flack for a conspiracy to obtain a divorce by unlawful means. From a judgment of conviction the defendants James A. Flack and William L. Flack appeal.
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•Appeal from court of oyer and terminer, FTew York county. Indictment against James A. Flack, Joseph Meeks, and William L. Flack for a conspiracy to obtain a divorce by unlawful means. From a judgment of conviction the defendants James A. Flack and William L. Flack appeal. One of the instructions objected to by appellants was upon the effect of the failure of the defendant Meeks, who was referee in the divorce proceedings, to examine a certain witness, and was as follows: “Suppose, gentlemen, that the referee had done his duty. Would he have secured from her the truth about that as she had…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The question presented upon this appeal arises entirely upon exceptions taken to the charge of the judge. The appellants, together with one Joseph Meeks, were convicted of a conspiracy for the perversion of justice, and of the due administration of the law, by procuring by unlawful means a decree of divorce. The indictment under which this conviction was had contained many counts, which, however, may be summarized as follows: First, a conspiracy to obtain a divorce without the knowledge and consent of the plaintiff therein; secondly, a conspiracy to obtain a divorce by unlawful *476means.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People of the State of N.Y. v. . PowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- McKenna v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- People v. CrounseNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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