People ex rel. Lewisohn v. Court of General Sessions
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 20th day of May, 1904, directed to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of New York and Martin T. McMahon, a judge of said court, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in committing the relator for contempt of court.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The relator, a witness before the grand jury of the county of New York, to testify in a proceeding against one Canfield, who was charged with a violation of section 344 of the Penal Code, was asked whether he had .ever been in the premises No. 5 East Forty-fourth street, in the city of New York; whether he had seen the said Canfield in the said premises No. 5 East Forty-fourth street, in the city of New York; and whether he had played roulette there? These questions the relator declined to answer; and when directed by the foreman of the grand jury to answer he persisted in his…
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