People v. Finucan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Thomas Finucan, from a judgment of the County Court of Nassau county, rendered on the 21st day of May, 1902, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of aiding and abetting a prize fight, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of July, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and in arrest of…
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Appeal by the defendant, Thomas Finucan, from a judgment of the County Court of Nassau county, rendered on the 21st day of May, 1902, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of aiding and abetting a prize fight, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of July, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The defendant was charged by indictment with the “ crime of wilfully and unlawfully instigating, aiding, encouraging and furthering a contention or fight between two persons, commonly called a ring or prize fight, in violation of Section 458 of the Penal Code of the State of New York,” and it was further charged that the said crime was committed by the defendant as the owner, agent, lessee, tenant and occupant of certain premises known as the Washington Hotel in the town of Hempstead, Nassau county, who is alleged to have rented a barn, located upon the said hotel premises, for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. . EverhardtNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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