People v. Bissert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George Bissert, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 12th day of August, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of bribery, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal the following intermediate orders and proceedings, to wit: “ The order and decision denying the motion of the defendant…
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Appeal by the defendant, George Bissert, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 12th day of August, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of bribery, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal the following intermediate orders and proceedings, to wit: “ The order and decision denying the motion of the defendant for the inspection of the Minutes of the Grand Jury upon which the indictment herein was found; the order and..decision…
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This appeal is from a judgment convicting the defendant of the crime of bribery. The indictment upon which the conviction was obtained charged, in substance, that on the 15th of October, .1900, .the defendant accepted from one Lena Schmitt $550 under an agreement that he, ás a police officer of the city óf New York, would permit her to conduct a house of prostitution at a place specified in the precinct over which he had charge. Prior to the finding of the indictment upon which.the defendant was tried and convicted, another indictment had been found, by the .same grand jury,…
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