Case ID: ad_128/html/0913-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Kruse, J. (dissenting):", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Arthur Logan, Appellant.
    
      Evidence —proof of character.
    
    Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Niagara county, rendered on the 20th day of March, 1908, and also from an order denying a motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
    Judgment and order affirmed. All concurred, except Kruse, J., who dissented in a memorandum.
   Kruse, J. (dissenting):

I dissent upon the following grounds: 1. It was prejudicial error to permit-proof of the action for false arrest, and comment thereon, as was done. The court should have charged regarding the same as •' requested. 2. But.for this fact, and proof of general bad character of the defendant, which 'was likewise improper under the circumstances (People v, Hinkssman, 192 N. Y. 421), it is not at all likely that the jury would have convicted the defendant. The case at best is very close upon the evidence. I, therefore, vote for reversal.