People v. Walter

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 2, 1914

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1914-10-02

Appeal by the defendant, Louis T. Walter, Jr., from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered against him on the 3d day of February, 1914, convicting him of the crime of making, tendering and offering to procure and to cause a nomination to a public office, upon the payment and contribution of a valuable consideration, and upon the understanding and promise thereof, and also from an order made on the 3d day of February, 1914, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Decided 1914-10-02

Carr, J. (dissenting):

¶1I feel so much doubt as to the admissibility, against the defendant Walter, of the evidence as to the circumstances of the taking up of the Merrill note that I feel obliged to dissent from the affirmance of the judgment as against Walter.

¶2Jenks, P. J., concurred.

¶3Judgment of conviction affirmed.