People v. Collins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Wallace W. Collins, from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango county in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the' 18th day of June, 1900, convicting him of the crime of perjury, and also from an order • denying the defendant’s, motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, entered in said, clerk’s office,- and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of June, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion that the case pass the…
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Appeal by the defendant, Wallace W. Collins, from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango county in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the' 18th day of June, 1900, convicting him of the crime of perjury, and also from an order • denying the defendant’s, motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, entered in said, clerk’s office,- and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of June, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion that the case pass the term. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Merwijst, J.:
The charge against the defendant was that, on or about the 16th. ■ day of March, 1896, he committed the crime of perjury in falsely-testifying that he did not indorse a certain promissory note for $150' dated December 9, 1895, made by A. M. Burleson, payable to the order of W. W. Collins, the defendant, three months after date at. the First Eational Bank of Earlville, and which purported to be-' indorsed by W. W. Collins and by C, K. Warren.
It appears that such a note was negotiated by Burleson at the bank named, and that when upon its non-payment it was brought to. the attention…
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