People v. Luckman

The defendants appeal from an order which amends a record on appeal by purporting to correct the record on the trial of defendants on an indictment of murder in the first degree, on which trial they were convicted of murder in the second degree.

Although the record on this appeal is incomplete in its statement of facts, there seemed to be no dispute on the argument and in the briefs that on the date set for trial, one attorney, claiming to represent the defendant Hull, made application for a short adjournment on the ground that he was at that time actually engaged in another trial — stating in…