Cowley v. People
New York Supreme Court
Writ of error to the Court of General Sessions for the city and county of New York. The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted at the Court of General Sessions, for a violation of the fourth section of chapter 123 of the Laws of 1816, entitled “ An Act to prevent and punish wrongs to children.”
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Writ of error to the Court of General Sessions for the city and county of New York. The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted at the Court of General Sessions, for a violation of the fourth section of chapter 123 of the Laws of 1816, entitled “ An Act to prevent and punish wrongs to children.” The evidence on the part of the prosecution established, that the child was received into the Shepherd’s Fold, an institution for the care of children under the management of the defendant, in January, 1818, being then in good health and condition ; that on December 26, 1819, the child was taken…
1Opinion of the Court
Brady, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Court of General Sessions for a violation of section 4 of chapter 122 of the Laws of 1816, entitled “An Act to prevent and punish wrongs to children.” The language of the section is as follows:
“ Whoever, having the care or custody of any child, shall willfully cause or permit the life of such child to be endangered, or the health of such child to be injured, or who shall willfully cause or permit such child to be placed in such a situation that its life may *417be endangered, .or its health shall be likely to be injured, shall be guilty of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ruloff v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Kennedy v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Gardner v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- People v. BrooksCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Cozzens v. HigginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1866