People v. . Alfani
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 28, 1919, which reversed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the Peace in the city of Flew York convicting the defendant of a violation of section 270 of the Penal Law by practicing as an attorney-at-law without a license and directed the discharge of the defendant. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 28, 1919, which reversed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the Peace in the city of Flew York convicting the defendant of a violation of section 270 of the Penal Law by practicing as an attorney-at-law without a license and directed the discharge of the defendant. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The Appellate Division erred in deciding that the acts proved by the prosecution did not constitute a violation of section…
1Opinion of the Court
Crane, J.:
The defendant was convicted by the special sessions of the city of Hew. York, borough of Brooklyn, of violating section 270 of the Penal Law. He was not an attorney and counselor-at-law, _but had for a long period of time drawn legal papers and instruments for hire and held himself out to the public as being in that business. His conviction was reversed by the Appellate Division on the ground that such acts did not constitute practicing law and, therefore, were in no wise contrary to the statute.
The question is fairly presented whether the things done by Alfani are open to the…
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