This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York convicting defendant of the crimes of coercion (Penal Law, § 530) and oppression (Penal Law, § 854).
The facts are that on the early morning of July 27, 1949, defendant, a police officer, while in uniform, was assaulted by the complainant, one William Howell, after the latter had been found asleep...
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