The Penal Code of the State of New York: In Force December 1, 1882, as Amended by Laws of 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, with Notes of Decisions and a Full Index |
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... lands in suit . 130. Buying pretended titles 131. Mortgage of lands under adverse possession not pro⚫ hibited . 132. Common barratry defined . 133. Declared a misdemeanor . 134. What proof is required . 135. Interest . 136. Buying ...
... lands in suit . 130. Buying pretended titles 131. Mortgage of lands under adverse possession not pro⚫ hibited . 132. Common barratry defined . 133. Declared a misdemeanor . 134. What proof is required . 135. Interest . 136. Buying ...
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... lands or tenements , with- out a regular process therefor , is guilty of a misde- meanor . See556 , post . § 120. Misconduct in executing search warrant.— An officer , who , in executing a search warrant , willfully exceeds his ...
... lands or tenements , with- out a regular process therefor , is guilty of a misde- meanor . See556 , post . § 120. Misconduct in executing search warrant.— An officer , who , in executing a search warrant , willfully exceeds his ...
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... lands in suit . - A person who takes a conveyance of any lands or tenements , or of any interest or estate therein , from any person not being in the pos- session thereof , while such lands or tenements are the subject of controversy ...
... lands in suit . - A person who takes a conveyance of any lands or tenements , or of any interest or estate therein , from any person not being in the pos- session thereof , while such lands or tenements are the subject of controversy ...
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... lands not prohibited . The last two sections shall not be construed to prevent any person having a just title to lands , in the adverse possession of another , from executing a mortgage upon such lands . § 132. Common barratry defined ...
... lands not prohibited . The last two sections shall not be construed to prevent any person having a just title to lands , in the adverse possession of another , from executing a mortgage upon such lands . § 132. Common barratry defined ...
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... lands or permits to land at any port , city , harbor , or place within this state , any passen- ger , seaman or other person who is a foreign convict of any crime which , if committed within this state , would be punishable therein ...
... lands or permits to land at any port , city , harbor , or place within this state , any passen- ger , seaman or other person who is a foreign convict of any crime which , if committed within this state , would be punishable therein ...
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Page 25 - But the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying, except for perjury in giving such testimony.
Page 188 - ... than in payment of a just demand, and with intent to defraud, omits to make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry thereof, in the books...
Page 200 - ... is punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by both.
Page 7 - No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication is less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition. But whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive, or intent is a necessary element to constitute any particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time, in determining the purpose, motive, or intent with which he committed the act.
Page 79 - The first day of the week being by general consent set apart for rest and religious uses, the law prohibits the doing on that day of certain acts hereinafter specified, which are serious interruptions of the repose and religious liberty of the community.
Page 6 - A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as £either] : . 1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, 2. Not to know that the act was wrong.
Page 35 - ... Fraudulently appropriates to his own use or to the use of another person, or secretes with intent to appropriate to such use, any money, evidence of debt or other property intrusted to him in virtue of his office, Is guilty of felony.
Page 34 - Every person who gives or offers, or promises to give, to any witness, or person about to be called as a witness, any bribe upon any understanding or agreement that the testimony of such witness shall be thereby influenced, or who attempts by any other means fraudulently to induce any person to give false or withhold true testimony, is guilty of a felony.
Page 68 - ... or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining.
Page 170 - If the thing stolen is any ticket or other paper or writing entitling or purporting to entitle the holder or proprietor thereof to a passage upon any railroad or vessel or other public conveyance...