Legal Opinion
People v. Scharer
New York City Magistrates' Court
Decided June 28, 1945PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mahoney, M.
The defendant is charged with a violation of the War Emergency Act of the State of New York (L. 1942, ch. 445, as amd.).
As the trial of this casé was commenced by administering the ' oath to the People’s witness, an investigator of the Office of *617Price Administration, a United States Government agency, the defendant objected to the prosecution of the. case in the name of the People of the -State of New York by an attorney from the Office of Price Administration.
The substance of the objection is: That the law provides that only a District Attorney, an Attorney-General of the State,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. FullerNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1935
- Matter of KnightNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- People ex rel. Pringle v. ConwayNew York Supreme Court · 1923
- People ex rel. Gardiner v. OlmsteadNew York Supreme Court · 1898
- People ex rel. Berman v. McDonnellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Johnson v. BoldmanNew York Supreme Court · 1960
- People v. Wyner, New York County Courts1955
- People v. VlastoCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1974
- People v. Citadel Management Co.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 1974
- People v. MontgomeryNew York Court of Special Session · 1957
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