PEOPLE v. DONLIN


71 Misc.2d 1035 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. James J. Donlin, Defendant.

County Court, Special Term, Nassau County.

November 14, 1972


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Siegfried for defendant. William Cahn, District Attorney, for plaintiff.


RAYMOND L. WILKES, J.

Although the Legislature may bend the twig of the law to the wind of necessity now and then — the twig need not break from the tree — it should remain a piece of the whole, a part of the main — its function still to perform, but not beyond its manifest purpose. Let us now see the manner in which these modest aphorisms apply to the cause at bar.

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