PEOPLE v. NANNERY


197 Misc. 1073 (1950)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Philip E. Nannery, Edward J. Cronley, Harry Kay and Murray Fischel, Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

April 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Levine and Joseph A. Solovei for defendants.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Jerome Kidder of counsel), for plaintiff.


LEVY, J.

Defendants move for a certificate of reasonable doubt. All four were convicted of conspiracy and extortion and received severe sentences.

This prosecution involves a fantastic tale in which the two defendant policemen, at the outset maybe innocently and maybe not, came into the situation as claimed by them, when they stopped a car which went through a red light. In the car was found a bag containing £ 8,400 in currency. This was...

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