People v. Sullinger

Defendant has been convicted of the crime of assault in the second degree. The facts may be briefly stated. *236Complainant, a colored woman twenty-one years old, resided with her husband and two-year old child. Defendant, also colored, forty-seven years old, resided with his wife and daughter. He was in the real estate business and also active in an organization of colored people. The organization had a meeting room at No. 409 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, where defendant had his office. Complainant knew defendant by sight. About noon on January 19, 1941, she met defendant on the street and he…