Legal Opinion

In re the Investigation of Capshaw

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 26, 1940Published

1Concurrence 1

Untermyer, J. (concurring in result).

I am unable to concur in the opinion of Presiding Justice Martin in which he sustains the first and second charges against Magistrate Capshaw, which, in substance, allege that he acted upon considerations outside the evidence presented in discharging the defendant in the Klein and Silverstein cases. I concur in the result only because I consider that, as a witness in the case of People v. Hines, Magistrate Capshaw, wholly without justification, in effect charged the arresting officers with giving false evidence and with unworthy motives in the performance…

Also in this document: Concurrence · O’Malley.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Matter of Greenebaum v. . BinghamNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  2. In re LynchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
  3. In re BakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

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