Case Name: Commissioner of Public Charities of the City of New York, on Complaint of Clarice Devonish, Respondent, v. Fitzerland Watson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1922-01
Citations: 200 A.D. 876
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commissioner of Public Charities of the City of New York, on Complaint of Clarice Devonish, Respondent, v. Fitzerland Watson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 200
Pages: 876–876

Head Matter:
Commissioner of Public Charities of the City of New York, on Complaint of Clarice Devonish, Respondent, v. Fitzerland Watson, Appellant.

Opinion:
While we are slow to interfere with the findings of the trial court in this class of cases, the date of the alleged intercourse, as testified to by the complainant, is squarely contradicted by the evidence of the disinterested witness Redman, and we, therefore, think that in the interests of justice we should order a new trial, where the matter may be more fully investigated. The order is reversed and a new trial ordered. Blackmar, P. J., Rich, Kelly, Kelby and Young, JJ., concur.