People v. Stiglin

The defendant, a member of the municipal police force, New York city, has been convicted of perjury. The offense is predicated upon alleged false testimony given in the prosecution of two women for vagrancy under the provisions of section 887, subdivision 4, clause (a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The jury’s verdict included a “ strong recommendation for mercy.”

The women were charged with having offered to commit an act of prostitution and were tried and convicted in the Ninth, District Magistrate’s Court on March 11, 1929. Their names were Winifred Sakwich, convicted under the name of…