Legal Opinion
People v. Tapper
New York County Court, Kings County
Decided April 8, 1939PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBrancato, J.
The defendants Harry A. Taffer and Thomas MacDonald, both licensed operatives in the employ of a private detective agency, are charged by information in the Court of Special Sessions with the crime of conspiring to obstruct justice in violation of section 580 of the Penal Law, a misdemeanor. They now move this court for a certificate removing the trial of said case from the Court of Special Sessions and to proceed by indictment in this court.
Even if the defendants were correct in their contention, and they are not (Inferior Criminal Courts Act, § 31, subd. 1; People v. Butts, 121 App. Div.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. RosenbergNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1908
- People Ex Rel. Frank Brewery v. . CullinanNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People v. ActonNew York Supreme Court · 1867
- People v. SpeiserNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1936
- People v. GantzNew York Court of Special Session · 1903
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. JuskowitzNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1940