Case Name: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. COMPTON, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1896-06-16
Citations: 39 N.Y.S. 1130
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. COMPTON, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 39
Pages: 1130–1130

Head Matter:
PEOPLE, Respondent, v. COMPTON, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
June 16, 1896.)
Action by the people of the state of New York against Mansfield Compton.

Opinion:
No opinion. Judgment reversed upon the ground that the language alleged to have been spoken, and the occasion upon which it was uttered, do not bring the case within the statute, but that the offense was one which the court was competent to deal with as a contempt. All concur.