Legal Opinion

People v. . De Leon

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 10, 1888PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal by defendant, John De Leon, from a judgment of the General Term of the supreme court, in the first department, entered upon an order made January 23,1888, affirming a judgment of the court of general sessions of the city and county of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of kidnapping. The facts fully appear in the opinion of the General Term, which is here given, also in that of the court of appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion delivered at General Term (Brady, P. J. ; Daniels and Bartlett, JJ., present) was as follows :

2Per curiam

The defendant was indicted for willfully and feloniously inveigling and kidnapping one Sarah Bowes, with intent to cause her to be sent without authority of law to the city of Aspinwall in the state of Panama in the United States of Columbia, and to be there kept against her will. On the trial, it abundantly appeared that she was induced by the appellant, aided and abetted by a woman whom she met at his office, and who seems to have been acting in concert with him, to go on board a…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hadden v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. Beyer v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881

4Cited by17 opinions

  1. People v. FlorioNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. Doss v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  3. State v. MurphySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  4. State v. GoughSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  5. State v. TaylorNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1940

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