Bowles v. State

During the morning of May 8,1944, claimant, bound for the Office of the Clerk of Albany County where she intended to appear as a witness in a naturalization proceeding, walked up Maiden Lane and came to the corner of Eagle Street and then mistook the next building on the street, the ' Court of Appeals courthouse, for the Albany County courthouse and climbed the south stairs thereof. At the entrance to the building, she discovered her mistake, walked north and started to walk down the north stairs which led to the sidewalk. As she was proceeding, her left foot went into a hole or depression in…