PEOPLE v. KEATING


286 A.D. 150 (1955)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William J. Keating, Appellant

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

June 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. C. Murray of counsel (Irving Greenberg and Joseph Halpern with him on the brief; James D. C. Murray, attorney), for appellant.

Richard G. Denzer of counsel (Charles W. Manning and Leonard E. Reisman with him on the brief; Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney, New York County, attorney), for respondent.

COHN, J. P., CALLAHAN, BOTEIN and RABIN, JJ., concur.


BREITEL, J.

William J. Keating, counsel to the New York City Anti-Crime Committee, Inc., at the time of his alleged offense, appeals from an order adjudging him of contempt, and sentencing him to five days in the City Prison, for his refusal to divulge sources of criminal information about others, before a Grand Jury drawn for the Court of General Sessions. He asserts that the identity of his informers was confidentially...

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