Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Francesco Perdomo, Urbano Rosario, Isaaias Colon, Manuel Jimenez and Julio Ortiz, Defendants
Court: New York Court of General Sessions
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-12-15
Citations: 20 Misc. 2d 613
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Francesco Perdomo, Urbano Rosario, Isaaias Colon, Manuel Jimenez and Julio Ortiz, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 613–613

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Francesco Perdomo, Urbano Rosario, Isaaias Colon, Manuel Jimenez and Julio Ortiz, Defendants.
Court of General Sessions of County of New York,
December 15, 1959.
Florence M. Kelley and Milton Adler for Isaaias Colon, defendant.
Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
Thomas Dickens, J.
Defendant Colon of the several defendants herein, brings, in his sole behalf, this motion, praying for the issuance of an order directing that 11 a copy of the minutes of the complete testimony of the witnesses (naming two), given at the trial — ended with a jury disagreement — be turned over to defendant Colon's counsel, free of charge." The two witnesses referred to are the complainants of this prosecution.
The reason underlying this request, is pauperism.
The purpose is their eventual use for cross-examination at the new trial.
This request is best answered in the language of the headnote in People v. Green, 16 Misc 2d 746, a case which I had occasion to decide not long ago.
The court has no authority to furnish gratis to a party making application as a pauper, a copy of the'minutes of his trial. (See, also, People v. Moylan, 4 Misc 2d 747; People v. Seymour, 161 N. Y. S. 2d 264.)
If this principle holds true with respect to trial minutes as a whole, it surely holds true with respect to any part of such minutes. 1 ' A firm maxim in the law is that the greater includes the less." (See Lowe v. Feldman, 11 Misc 2d 8, 15, affd. 6 A D 2d 684.)
Motion denied.