PEOPLE v. OAKLEY


10 A.D.2d 457 (1960)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry Oakley, Appellant

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

May 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Alford for appellant.

Richard H. Farley, District Attorney, for respondent.

BERGAN, P. J., COON, GIBSON and REYNOLDS, JJ., concur.


HERLIHY, J.

It was charged that the defendant at his home during July, 1956 carnally abused a child, eight years of age, and repeated the abuses in a barn the following morning.

The trial of this type of case causes great difficulty, due to the tender age of the child involved; the acts are unwitnessed and the testimony repulsive to a listening jury. Therefore, the closest scrutiny of the evidence is...

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