People v. Bretton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Bretton

156 A.D. 904, 29 N.Y. Crim. 342, 141 N.Y.S. 4

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 15, 1913

StatusPublished

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People v. Bretton, 156 A.D. 904, 29 N.Y. Crim. 342, 141 N.Y.S. 4 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1913).

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Jenks, P. J.:

We adhere to our judgment in this case reported in 144 App. Div. 383. We followed People v. Griffin (27 Hun, 595), decided by the General Term in this department, opinion by Cullen, J., with whom Barnard, P. J., and Dykman, J., concurred. We think that People v. Bauer (37 Hun, 407), so far as it conflicts with People v. Griffin, should not be followed. The sole authority cited in People v. Bauer (supra) is People v. Bork (96 N. Y. 188, 201). The decision in that ease upon the ques[905]*905tion presented in the case at bar, in Griffin's Case and in Bauer's Case (supra) rests upon a construction of chapter 226 of the Laws of 1863, which, as the Court of Appeals in Bark's Case (supra) say, provides that the court to which the record is remitted is to pass such sentence as the appellate court shall direct, and this provision, the court further say, does not require the appellate court “to fix the time of imprisonment, or to itself exercise a discretion in respect to punishment given by the statute,” and that the appellate court conforms to the statute when it “points out the law providing for the punishment and directs the court below to sentence thereunder.” The court also pointed out that the statute of 1863 had never been repealed in terms, and held that it was continued in force as a rule of procedure in respect to actions pending when the Code of Criminal Procedure took effect. Bork was convicted in June, 1881, and the said Code took effect in September, 1881. (Code Grim. Proe. § 963.) Thus it appears that Bork's case was not an authority for the decision in People v. Bauer (supra), for Bauer was indicted in 1885. Our judgment in this ease, reported in 144 App. Div. 282, has been followed, with citation thereof and of People v. Griffin (supra), by this court in its First Department in People v. Scheuren (148 App. Div. 324). The motion for reargument is denied. Burr, Thomas, Carr and Rich, JJ,, concurred. Motion for denied.

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Jenks, P. J.:

We adhere to our judgment in this case reported in 144 App. Div. 383. We followed People v. Griffin (27 Hun, 595), decided by the General Term in this department, opinion by Cullen, J., with whom Barnard, P. J., and Dykman, J., concurred. We think that People v. Bauer (37 Hun, 407), so far as it conflicts with People v. Griffin, should not be followed. The sole authority cited in People v. Bauer (supra) is People v. Bork (96 N. Y. 188, 201). The decision in that ease upon the ques[905]*905tion presented in the case at bar, in Griffin's Case and in Bauer's Case (supra) rests upon a construction of chapter 226 of the Laws of 1863, which, as the Court of Appeals in Bark's Case (supra) say, provides that the court to which the record is remitted is to pass such sentence as the appellate court shall direct, and this provision, the court further say, does not require the appellate court “to fix the time of imprisonment, or to itself exercise a discretion in respect to punishment given by the statute,” and that the appellate court conforms to the statute when it “points out the law providing for the punishment and directs the court below to sentence thereunder.” The court also pointed out that the statute of 1863 had never been repealed in terms, and held that it was continued in force as a rule of procedure in respect to actions pending when the Code of Criminal Procedure took effect. Bork was convicted in June, 1881, and the said Code took effect in September, 1881. (Code Grim. Proe. § 963.) Thus it appears that Bork's case was not an authority for the decision in People v. Bauer (supra), for Bauer was indicted in 1885. Our judgment in this ease, reported in 144 App. Div. 282, has been followed, with citation thereof and of People v. Griffin (supra), by this court in its First Department in People v. Scheuren (148 App. Div. 324). The motion for reargument is denied. Burr, Thomas, Carr and Rich, JJ,, concurred. Motion for denied.

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