People v. Ashley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Alice I. Ashley, from an order of the County Court of Kings county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 10th day of December, 1917, affirming the finding of a city magistrate adjudging defendant to be a disorderly person, under section 899, subdivision 3, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and requiring her to give security for good behavior.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, J.:
The Code of Criminal Procedure provides in section 899: “ The following are disorderly persons: * * * 3. Persons pretending to tell fortunes,” and it is provided in section *521901* that if the magistrate is satisfied that the accused is a disorderly person, he may require that the person charged give security that he will be of good behavior for the space of one year, and in section 902, if the security is given the defendant must be discharged, otherwise he must be convicted, and (§ 903) committed to the city prison or penitentiary for not exceeding six months at hard labor or…
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