PEOPLE v. DIEFENDORF


281 A.D. 465 (1953)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John W. Diefendorf, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Menahem Stim of counsel (Albert Felix with him on the brief; Curran & Stim, attorneys), for appellant.

Harold Roland Shapiro of counsel (Charles W. Manning with him on the brief; Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney), for respondent.

PECK, P. J., CALLAHAN, BREITEL and BERGAN, JJ., concur.


FOSTER, J.

Appeal from an order and mandate of commitment of the Court of General Sessions, adjudging appellant to be in criminal contempt of court for willful disobedience of a lawful mandate of the court.

Appellant was a juror on the trial of a criminal case entitled People v. Engel. The latter was charged with conspiracy to defraud the board of education of the city of New York in the purchase...

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