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People ex rel. Collins v. McLaughlin

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

Decided November 20, 1908PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, William McLaughlin, warden of the City Prison of Kings county, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of July, 1908, sustaining a writ of. habeas corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

Clarke, J.:

The relator was arrested upon a warrant issued by a city magistrate, in the second division in the city of New York, charged with having violated the provisions of section 351 of the Penal Code, as amended by chapter 507 of the Laws of 1908. The sworn information upon which the warrant was issued set up that on the 16th. of June, 1908, at the race course of the Brooklyn -Jockey Club at Gravesend, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, a race course authorized by statute, relator made an oral bet of five dollars witli one Ball; that said Ball bet that “ Bostrum,” a horse entered in a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. . StedekerNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Meech v. . StonerNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  3. People Ex Rel. Sturgis v. . FallonNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  4. Ruckman v. . PitcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
  5. Storey v. . BrennanNew York Court of Appeals · 1857

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Watts v. MalatestaNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
  2. People v. McDonaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
  3. People v. FaroneNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
  4. People v. Wilkerson, New York County Courts1973
  5. People v. CarilloAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1964

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