People v. Saraceno

Woodward, J.:

The defendant was charged with, and has been convicted of, the crime of endangering the morals of a minor child in violation of the provisions of section 483 of the Penal Law. Mr. Jilstice Blackmar has granted a certificate of reasonable doubt because, as he says in a memorandum handed down, “the evidence of the child is so conflicting and is so directly contradicted by the witnesses for the defendant that the appellate court should pass on its sufficiency; and, second, it Seems to *787me a matter of serious doubt whether the acts of the defendant testified to constitute an offense…