People v. . Sweeney
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 6, 1914, which affirmed as to the appellants herein a judgment rendered at a Trial Term for the county of New York upon a verdict convicting the defendants of the crime of conspiracy to pervert and obstruct justice and the due administration of the law; and also affirmed orders dated May 27,1913, denying motions of the defendants severally to inspect the…
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 6, 1914, which affirmed as to the appellants herein a judgment rendered at a Trial Term for the county of New York upon a verdict convicting the defendants of the crime of conspiracy to pervert and obstruct justice and the due administration of the law; and also affirmed orders dated May 27,1913, denying motions of the defendants severally to inspect the minutes of the"grand jury upon which the indictment was found; denying motions of the defendants severally to dismiss and set…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
The defendants were indicted for a misdemeanor in that they conspired to commit an act for the perversion or obstruction of justice or of the due administration of the laws. The statute on which the indictment is based is section 580 of the Penal Law. It provides so far as material to the questions now considered as follows: “ If two or more persons conspire:
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“ 6. To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruction of justice, or of the due administration…
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