Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1924

People v. Steiger

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 15, 1924 · Charge, Emphasized, Error, Flood, Him, Kapper, Kelly, Manning, Medical, Possession, Purchased, Ricb, Sight, Summation, Tbe, Testimony, Therefor, Young

211 A.D. 861

Opinion of the Court

Judgment of conviction of tbe County Court of Queens county affirmed. No opinion.

Kelly, P. J., Ricb and Manning, JJ.,. concur; Young and Kapper, JJ., dissent upon tbe ground that under tbe charge of illegal possession, it was error to admit tbe testimony of the- witness Flood (emphasized in tbe district attorney’s summation), that tbe beverage purchased by him affected bis sight and required him to obtain medical and hospital treatment therefor.

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