PEOPLE v. TERRA


303 N.Y. 332 (1951)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Terra and Joseph Terra, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 6, 1951


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira H. Morris for appellants.

Clarence J. Henry, District Attorney, for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.


FULD, J.

On July 19, 1949, a machine gun and ammunition for it were found in a one-room store, occupied — or so the jury could have concluded — by the brothers Terra and used by them in connection with their business of distributing and servicing pinball machines. They were indicted, accused of illegally possessing a machine gun in violation of subdivision...

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