People v. McPherson

176 A.D. 885 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1916

Judgement of conviction of the County Court of Kings county reversed and new trial ordered. The defendant was indicted for carrying and possessing a bludgeon. The instrument offered in evidence is not what is commonly known as a bludgeon. The Legislature intended to punish for carrying or possessing certain defined and commonly known instruments used before and at the time of the passage of the statute,^* by persons criminally disposed. Carr, Stapleton and Putnam, JJ., concurred; Mills and Rich, JJ., voted to affirm on the ground that it was competent for the jury to find that the instrument, as being carried by the defendant, was a bludgeon within the meaning of the statute.

* See Penal Law, § 1897, as amd. by Laws of 1911, chap. 195; Laws of 1918, chap. 608, and Laws of 1915, chap. 390. — [Rep.

Case Details

Case Name: People v. McPherson

Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date Published: Dec 15, 1916

Citation: 176 A.D. 885

Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.