People v. Springer — 272 N.Y. 624

Majority

p. 624

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wentworth Springer, Lawrence Jackson and Robert Taliaferro, Appellants.

(Argued October 7, 1936;

decided November 24, 1936.)

Frederick J. Sullivan and Edward W. McDonald for Wentworth Springer, appellant.

James D. C. Murray, Jerome C. Lewis and Daniel Kirchman for Lawrence Jackson, appellant.

Moses A. Sachs, Le Roy Campbell and Homer I. Harris for Robert Taliaferro, appellant .

William Copeland Dodge, District Attorney (Felix C. Benvenga of counsel), for respondent.

As to each defendant: judgment of conviction affirmed. No opinion.

Concur: Crane, Ch. J., O’Brien, Hubbs, Loughran and Finch, JJ. Lehman and Crouch, JJ., dissent as to defendant Taliaferro on the ground the evidence does not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.