New York Court of Appeals December 30, 1913 (People v. . Hartigan)

Hiscock, J.:

The appellant, who was a patrolman in the police force of New

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York city, has been convicted of the crime of perjury. The charge against him, which has been found true by the jury, involved the following facts:

One Fox, who was also a member of the police force in said city, had been accused and was to be tried on a charge apparently involving the collection of tribute from one