People v. Benin

The defendant herein seeks permission to inspect the minutes of the Grand Jury that voted an indictment against him charging him with the crime of forgery in the second degree and grand larceny in the first degree.

One of the grounds urged by the defendant warrants comment because as far as I can ascertain, it is the first time the argument has been advanced in this court. The charge is made that the Assistant District Attorney handling the matter, assisted by as many as three other assistant district attorneys, *549prior to the deliberations by the Grand Jury on the testimony before it, and in…