IN RE COHEN


23 N.J. Super. 209 (1952)

92 A.2d 837

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS OF ALEXANDER S. COHEN.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 12, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Gaulkin argued the cause for the State of New Jersey (Mr. C. William Caruso, of counsel).

Mr. George R. Sommer argued the cause for the defendant.

Before Judges EASTWOOD, GOLDMANN and FRANCIS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by EASTWOOD, S.J.A.D.

The determinative question is whether the Essex County Court erred in denying the petitioner, in habeas corpus proceedings, the right to offer testimony to establish the motives and animus of the complaining witnesses whose testimony allegedly resulted in the criminal indictments returned against him in Massachusetts.

Cohen was indicted by the grand jury of Suffolk County, Massachusetts...

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