Case Name: PEOPLE, Respondents, v. RYAN, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1893-05-13
Citations: 25 N.Y.S. 1128
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE, Respondents, v. RYAN, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 25
Pages: 1128–1128

Head Matter:
PEOPLE, Respondents, v. RYAN, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Fourth Department.
May 13, 1893.)
Prosecution against Thomas Ryan.

Opinion:
No opinion. Conviction, judgment, and order reversed, and a new trial ordered, and the clerk directed to enter judgment and remit a certified copy thereof, with the return and decision of this court, to the court of sessions of Oswego county, pursuant to sections 547 and 548 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Held, the cross-examination of the' people's witnesses was improperly limited, and, as the evidence of intent to ravish was so' slight, the rulings were prejudicial to the defendant.