Case ID: nys_155/html/1130-09.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALEX, Appellant.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
    November 1, 1915.)
    Proceeding by the People of the State of New York against August Alex.
   PER CURIAM.

Appellant’s accosting the plain clothes officer with the query, “Who are you looking for?” and “What do you want— stuff?” and a direction where to go to procure it, followed by further inquiry if the officer had seen the person indicated, which led to the sale of heroin by Spellman, warranted the Court of Special Sessions in finding appellant guilty. His offense was consummated by directing purchasers to those having and vending the drug (Penal Law [Consol. Laws, c. 40] § 2; People v. Peckens, 153 N. Y. 576, 47 N. E. 883), and the proof of such participation was not overcome by appellant’s denials of knowledge or complicity in this prohibited traffic. The judgment of conviction of the Court of Special Sessions is therefore affirmed.