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The Penal Code of the State of New York, in Force December 1, 1882, as Amended by Laws of 1882 [to] 1905
The Penal Code of the State of New York in Force December 1 1882 as Amended by Laws of 1882 1905 - to Author:New York Subtitle: With Notes of Decisions to Date, a Table of Sources and a Full Index General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Banks Subjects: Law / General Law / Criminal Law / General Law / Criminal Procedure Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustration... more »s and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 343: People v. Fitzgerald, 5 id. 343; People v. Hall. 57 How. 342; State v. Kirk, 11 Ore. 505; United States v. Hughes, 34 Fed. Hep'r, 732; McCartney v. People, 83 N. Y. 413 ; People v. McElroy, 36 N. Y. State Rep'r, 650; People v. Sauborn, 46 Hun, 683 ; 14 N. Y. State Rep'r, 126 ; People v. Kief, 58 Hun, 344 ; 34 N. Y. State RepV, 533 ; aff'd, 136 N. Y. 661; 37 N. Y. State Rep'r, 479 ; People v. Phelps, 39 id. 599; People v. Cotto, 48 id. 715. § 30. Definition ot accessory. -- A person who, after the commission of a felony, harbors, conceals, or aids the offender, with intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment, having knowledge or reasonable ground to believe that such offender is liable to arrest, has been arrested, is indicted or con. victed, or has committed a felony, is an accessory to the felony. Innocent agent. People v. McMurray, 1 Sheld. 563 ; People v. Hall, 57 How. Pr. 342. See People v. Dunn, 53 Hun, 381; 25 N. Y. State Rep'r, 460; 7 N. Y. Cr. 173; 6 N. Y. Supp. 805. § 31. All principals in misdemeanors. -- A person who commits or participates in an act which would make him an accessory if the crime committed were a felony, is a principal and may be indicted and punished as such, if the crime be a misdemeanor. See § 682, post. People v. Erwin, 4 Den. 129; Lowenstein v. People, 54 Barb. 229; People v. Mathews, 4 Wend. 229; Ward v People, 3 Hill, 395; Commonwealth v...« less