People v. Willett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William Willett, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered against him on the 3d day of February, 1914, convicting him of the crime of requesting and accepting a nomination for a public office, upon the understanding and the promise of a valuable consideration, and upon the payment of a valuable consideration.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
It is with sincere regret that we observe that the learned district attorney, in the brief submitted by him, has employed language relative to the justice of this court who granted to defendant a certificate of reasonable doubt, which is unworthy of a gentleman, a member of a learned profession, and the incumbent of an important constitutional office. Just and *3fair criticism of a judicial opinion, couched in respectful language, is rather to be commended than condemned. Under its light the search for truth is made more easy, its discovery more certain. In the brief referred to these…
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