People of the State of N.Y. v. . Powell
New York Court of Appeals
Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court of the second judicial district, to review judgment reversing a judgment entered upon a verdict convicting defendants in error of conspiring together to neglect an official duty imposed upon them as commissioners of charities of the county of Kings by section 3, chapter 491, Laws of 1871. (Reported below, 5 Hun, 169.) • The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court of the second judicial district, to review judgment reversing a judgment entered upon a verdict convicting defendants in error of conspiring together to neglect an official duty imposed upon them as commissioners of charities of the county of Kings by section 3, chapter 491, Laws of 1871. (Reported below, 5 Hun, 169.) • The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The willful neglect and refusal by defendants to advertise, etc., was an offence, and to conspire to commit it was a conspiracy. (2 R. S., 696, § 8; 8 id., 692, § 8; 2 Stat. at L.,…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The defendants, who were commissioners of charities of the county of Kings, were indicted for official misconduct in neglecting to advertise for proposals for supplies for the use of the poor of the county of Kings as required by chapter 491 of the Laws of 1871, and in purchasing supplies without awarding a contract therefor, contrary 'to the provisions of the act. There were eleven counts in the indictment of this character, each charging the purchase by the defendants, without previous advertisement, of a specific article. The indictment also contained eleven counts for conspiracy,…
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