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People v. Scharff

138 A.D. 899 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Scharff, Appellant.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, rendered on the 17th day of February, 1909, Convicting the defendant of the crime of seduction.

The district attorney upon the appeal in this action, having stated that in consequence of the opinion of the Court of Appeals (People ex rel. Scharff v. Frosf 198 N. Y. 110 ), he suggested to the court to reverse the judgment and discharge the prisoner. In view of that suggestion the judgment appealed from is reversed and the defendant discharged. Present—Ingraham, P. J., Laughlin, Clarke, Scott and Miller, JJ. Judgment reversed and defendant discharged. Settle order on notice.