Legal Opinion
People v. Richter
New York City Magistrates' Court
Decided July 1, 1943PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pinto, C. M.
The defendant is charged with violating sections 1782 and 1783 of the Penal Law, in that while he was a member of a Richmond County Grand Jury he disclosed to one Arthur Thompson that certain indictments had been found and also some of the evidence adduced before them.
On the hearing, the District Attorney called Thompson as a witness for the purpose of eliciting testimony showing that defendant had made the disclosures to him. The witness, taking refuge behind the constitutional prohibition against self incrimination, refused to answer. In order to properly understand the position…
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