People v. . Taleisnik
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 15, 1918, which affirmed a judgment of the Kings County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of seduction under promise of marriage. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 15, 1918, which affirmed a judgment of the Kings County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of seduction under promise of marriage. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court erred in refusing to charge this request: “ I request your Honor to charge that they cannot consider the testimony of Dr. Huber, or any part of it, as- being corroborating evidence in this case.” (Code Crim. Pro. § 399; Penal Law, §§ 2013, 2177;…
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
Two refusals of the trial court to charge the jury in this case have raised such substantial points of law that they require careful consideration irrespective of what we may think of the defendant’s guilt.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of seduction in the County Court of Kings county and sentenced to the penitentiary. The judgment has been unanimously affirmed by the Appellate Division. The prosecutrix, named Helen Levine, was a trained nurse, twenty-three years of age, residing with her sister and brother-in-law at 663 Howard avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York — a…
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