243 A.D. 566 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1934
Judgment of the County Court of Kings county convicting defendant of the crime of taking unlawful fees in violation of section 1826 of the Penal Law reversed on the law and a new trial ordered. Independent and corroborative proof tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime was essential. Such proof need not be of great probative force. (People v. Dixon, 231 N. Y. 111, 116.) We are of opinion that the proof in the case, as submitted to the jury, while