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PEOPLE v. KESHNER

304 N.Y. 968 (1953)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Al Keshner, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 21, 1953

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bertram Wegman, I. Maurice Wormser, Richard J. Burke and Myron L. Shapiro for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Richard G. Denzer of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ. LEWIS, J., dissents in the following opinion:

Judgment of conviction affirmed; no opinion.

LEWIS, J. (dissenting).

A fire, ignited by a spark of unknown origin, erupted in premises on the fifth floor of a loft building at 9 West 18th Street in Manhattan — where the defendant Keshner conducted a coat and jacket manufacturing business — following his admitted attempt to commit the crime of arson in the second degree for the purpose of...

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