Legal Opinion

People v. Maxon

New York Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1890PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from court of sessions, Ulster county. Indictment of Daniel Maxon for rape. He was convicted and sentenced, and now appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.

The defendant was found guilty upon an indictment containing two counts. In each count it is alleged that the “grand jury of,” etc., “accuse Daniel Maxon, late of,” etc., “of the crime of rape, committed as follows.” In the first count the acts charged as constituting the crime charge a rape as defined in section 278 of the Penal Code, namely, “An act of sexual intercourse with a female, not the wife of the perpetrator, committed against her will, or without her consent.” In the second count the acts charged as constituting the crime charge an act of sexual intercourse with a female, not the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. . DumarNew York Court of Appeals · 1887

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. FlahertyNew York Supreme Court · 1894
  2. State v. BelyeaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1900
  3. People v. FarrelNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  4. People v. MaxonNew York Supreme Court · 1890

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