People ex rel. Kirkpatrick v. Crowley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the relator,' Charles Kirkpatrick, overseer of the poor, etc., to dismiss an appeal taken by the defendant, John Crowley, from an order of the County Court of Rockland county, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 8th day of April, 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J. :
This is an appeal from an order of the County Court adjudging the defendant to be the father of a bastard child. A motion is made to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the order is not appealable to this court.
We think the appeal lies. Section 770 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,, relative to appeals generally from judgments of Courts of Special Sessions, magistrates or justices of the peace in criminal actions, or proceedings of a criminal natúre, provides that if the *190judgment of the County Court on appeal be against the defendant, he may appeal to the Appellate Division of…
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- People Ex Rel. Comrs. of Charities v. . CullenNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Board of Commissioners v. McCloskeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897