Legal Opinion

People v. Bowers

New York County Courts

Decided October 22, 1956PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtRichard J. Sherman, J.

This is an application for a writ of error coram nobis. A previous application was denied by ibis court, and as stated by the defendant, is now pending before the Appellate Division.

The application is based upon the contention that the alleged crime of abandonment of a pregnant woman was committed in the County of Warren and not the County of Saratoga and therefore, the Saratoga County Grand Jury had no right to indict him for the alleged crime and that the County of Saratoga was without jurisdiction. Defendant further contends that proceedings were had before a Justice of the Peace of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Matter of Hogan v. Court of General SessionsNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. People v. GersewitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  3. People v. . WillettNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. People ex rel. Fryer v. BrophyNew York Supreme Court · 1933

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. BrimNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1960

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