Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Julius Hammer, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1921-12-16
Citations: 232 N.Y. 564
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Julius Hammer, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 564–565

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Julius Hammer, Appellant.
Crimes — manslaughter — abortion — conviction for manslaughter in first degree affirmed.
People v. Hammer, 194 App. Div. 712, affirmed.
(Argued November 30, 1921;
decided December 16, 1921.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the . Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 14, 1921, which affirmed a judgment of the Bronx County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant, a physician, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree in causing the death of a woman through an operation intended to bring on a miscarriage.
Francis M. Scott for appellant.
Manning Stires and Bernard S. Barron, amici curiae.
Edward J. Glennon, District Attorney {Albert Cohn and William F. Quigley of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound and Andrews, JJ. Dissent: McLaughlin and Crane, JJ. Not voting: Hogan, J.