PEOPLE v. LE GRANDE


309 N.Y. 420 (1956)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Helen Le Grande, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Sarah Maloney, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Anne Sorise, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Vastiner King, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Dolores Bender, True Name Dolores Brown, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Lois Brown, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 12, 1956


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Silver, District Attorney (Aaron Nussbaum of counsel), for appellant.

Arnold W. Wallach, Harry Chiert and Bernard Chiert for respondents.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, FULD, FROESSEL and BURKE, JJ., concur; DYE, J., taking no part.


VAN VOORHIS, J.

This is an appeal by the People from orders of the Appellate Division reversing judgments of the Kings County Court on the law and the facts, which convicted defendants of the crimes of fraudulently obtaining and conspiring to obtain property for charitable or benevolent purposes in violation of section 934 of the Penal Law. The indictments were dismissed by the Appellate Division upon the ground...

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