People v. Thompson

Upon sufficient evidence, the defendant was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions of the offense of illegally practising medicine, as defined by section 1250, subdivision 7, of the Education Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 16). That offense is punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year. (Education Law, § 1263, subd. 3.) Accordingly, he was sentenced to imprisonment in the New York County Penitentiary for the term of one year. Thereafter, the court on its own motion, and over the protest of the defendant, reconsidered the sentence it had imposed and substituted a commitment to…