Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry West, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-11-12
Citations: 260 A.D. 940
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry West, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 260
Pages: 940–940

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry West, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn [County of Kings], convicting the defendant of keeping a disorderly house, maintaining a public nuisance, in violation of sections 1146 and 1530 of the Penal Law, modified by providing that the sentence be reduced to ten days in the Workhouse, and, as thus modified, the judgment is unanimously affirmed. Under the circumstances disclosed in this case, the punishment was excessive. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Johnston, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.