People v. Chase
New York Supreme Court
Certiorari to the Erie sessions to remove a conviction for conspiracy. The indictment charged, in the first- count, that the defendants well knowing that a certain bill of indictment for felony was intended and was about to be preferred against one J eróme J. Chase before the grand jury, and that Hannah Shipple was a material witness in support of such bill of indictment, on &e. at &c. did unlawfully and wickedly conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, to induce…
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Certiorari to the Erie sessions to remove a conviction for conspiracy. The indictment charged, in the first- count, that the defendants well knowing that a certain bill of indictment for felony was intended and was about to be preferred against one J eróme J. Chase before the grand jury, and that Hannah Shipple was a material witness in support of such bill of indictment, on &e. at &c. did unlawfully and wickedly conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, to induce the said Hannah Shipple to' suppress the evidence she knew and which was within her knowledge touching the said fel.ony,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Marvin, J.
The sufficiency of the indictment-is questioned. It is objected that there are no overt acts charged with sufficient certainty. By the revised statutes, if two or more persons conspire for the perversion or obstruction of justice, or the due administration of the laws, they commit a crime, (2 R. S. 692, § 8,) and by section 10 the agreement, *498in such a case, shall not be deemed a conspiracy, unless some act, besides such agreement, be done to effect the object thereof by one or more of the parties to such agreement. By another section, in trials for conspiracy, in those…
2Cited by7 opinions
- Chase v. . LordNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- People v. MilesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- United States v. BoydenU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1868
- People v. HebberdNew York Supreme Court · 1916
- People v. SpiroNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1911
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